Deuteronomy 21:23
What does Deuteronomy 21:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 21:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
KJV
King James Version · 1611His 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day--for a thing lightly esteemed of God <FI>is<Fi> the hanged one--and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--an inheritance.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752His body shall not remain upon the tree, but shall be buried the same day: for he is accursed of God that hangeth on a tree: and thou shalt not defile thy land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee in possession.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890his 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 a curse ofGod); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee for an inheritance.
Context
v.22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 8:29
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
- Joshua 7:12
Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
- Joshua 10:26
And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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