Deuteronomy 21:22

When a man guilty of the judgment of death is put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a gibbet;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

21then all the men of the city shall stone him with stones, that he die; and thou shalt put a way the evil doer from among you, and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.

23his body shall not remain upon the gibbet, but thou shalt surely bury him on that day: for he was hanged because he had sinned before the Lord; and thy land which the Lord thy God hath given thee to inherit shall not be defiled.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:19At the end of three days will Pharoh remove thy head from off thee, and will hang thee upon a gibbet, and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.

Deuteronomy 19:6Lest the avenger of blood pursue him while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and destroy his life; he not being guilty of death, because he had not hated him in time past.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:19-23

Punishment of a Rebellious Son; Burial of Malefactors. ( b. c. 1451.) 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 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… Read the whole commentary →

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