Deuteronomy 21:22
20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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:
23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for 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
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Read in contextActs 26:31
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Read in contextLuke 23:33
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:26
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
Read in contextMatthew 26:66
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Read in contextActs 23:29
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
Read in context2 Samuel 4:12
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
Read in contextJoshua 10:26
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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