Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Blood, Honor, and Covenant Order in the Land

From unsolved corporate guilt requiring atonement, through the regulation of vulnerable persons (captive woman, overlooked firstborn, rebellious son, hanged criminal), to the requirement that even judicial death not defile the land — the chapter consistently moves from problem of defilement or disorder toward covenant-ordered resolution.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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References and Original Words

Verse 22

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:24 Classic cross-references John 12:32 Classic cross-references Acts 26:31 Classic cross-references John 19:31 Classic cross-references Acts 23:29 Classic cross-references

Original words

If וְכִֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a man בְאִ֗ישׁ H376 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular has committed יִהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a sin חֵ֛טְא H2399 Noun - masculine singular construct worthy מִשְׁפַּט־ H4941 Noun - masculine singular construct of death מָ֖וֶת H4194 Noun - masculine singular and he is executed וְהוּמָ֑ת H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular and you hang וְתָלִ֥יתָ H8518 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular his body אֹת֖וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition a tree עֵֽץ׃ H6086 Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

Or impale his body on a pole; similarly in verse 23

Verse 23

Cross-references

Galatians 3:13 Classic cross-references John 19:31 Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 21:10 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 39:12 Classic cross-references John 18:32 Classic cross-references

Original words

you must not leave לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle the body נִבְלָת֜וֹ H5038 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the tree הָעֵ֗ץ H6086 Article | Noun - masculine singular overnight תָלִ֨ין H3885 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular but כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you must be sure to bury קָב֤וֹר H6912 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ H6912 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular him הַה֔וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular that day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular because כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction anyone who is hung [on a tree] תָּל֑וּי H8518 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular is under God’s אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural curse קִלְלַ֥ת H7045 Noun - feminine singular construct You must not וְלֹ֤א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle defile תְטַמֵּא֙ H2930 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the land אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ H127 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular that אֲשֶׁר֙ H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular is giving נֹתֵ֥ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular you לְךָ֖ Preposition | second person masculine singular as an inheritance נַחֲלָֽה׃ס H5159 Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

LXX; Hebrew anyone who is hanged is under God’s curse; cited in Galatians 3:13

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