Deuteronomy 21: 23

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THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER 21

23 His ^abody shall not ^bremain all night upon the ^ctree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is ^daccursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an ^einheritance.

Footnotes

23a	According to Rabbinical commentaries, to leave a body hanging was a degradation of the human body and therefore an affront to God, in whose image man’s body was made.
b	John 19: 31 (31-33) 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the ^across on the sabbath day, (for that ^bsabbath day was an ^chigh ^dday,) besought Pilate that their legs might be ^ebroken, and that they might be taken away.
c	Gal. 3: 13. 13 Christ hath ^aredeemed us from the ^bcurse of the ^claw, being made a curse for us: for it is written, ^dCursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: TG Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of.
d	Gal. 3: 13. 13 Christ hath ^aredeemed us from the ^bcurse of the ^claw, being made a curse for us: for it is written, ^dCursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
e	TG Lands of Inheritance.