Deuteronomy 21:22
20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
- KJV
- And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
- WEB
- If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
- ASV
- And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
- DARBY
- And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
- BLB
- And if a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
- ÅB
- Når en mann har en synd på seg som fortjener døden, og han blir avlivet og deretter hengt på et tre,
- OTB
- Hvis en mann er skyldig i en dødsforbrytelse og blir henrettet, og du henger hans kropp på et tre,
- B1930
- Når en mann har en synd på sig som fortjener døden, og han blir avlivet og derefter hengt på et tre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 19:31–38
It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
Read in contextActs 26:31
On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
Read in contextLuke 23:33
When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:26
Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
Read in contextMatthew 26:66
What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.
Read in contextActs 23:29
I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
Read in context2 Samuel 4:12
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
Read in contextJoshua 10:26
After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
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