Treasury of Scripture Knowledge His 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. he that is hanged is accursed of God. John 19:31 Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken: and that they might be taken away. ) in token, that now the guilt being removed, the law was satisfied, as it was when the malefactors had hanged till sun-set: it demanded no more. Those, and those that are his, ceased to be a curse. And as the land of Israel was pure and clean when the body was buried, so the church is washed and cleansed by the complete satisfaction which Christ thus made. Deuteronomy 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring any thing of the idol into thy house, lest thou become an anathema, like it. Thou shalt detest it as dung, and shalt utterly abhor it as uncleanness and filth, because it is an anathema. Numbers 25:4 Said to Moses: Take all the princes of the people, and hang them up on gibbets against the sun: that my fury may be turned away from Israel. Joshua 7:12 Neither can Israel stand before his enemies, but he shall flee from them: because he is defiled with the anathema. I will be no more with you, till you destroy him that is guilty of this wickedness. 2 Samuel 21:6 Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them. Romans 9:3 For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren: who are my kinsmen according to the flesh: Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree). 1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema, maranatha. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us: that we might be made the justice of God in him. thy land Leviticus 18:25 And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants. Numbers 35:33,34 Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another. . . . Context Cursed is Anyone Hung on a Tree22When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet: 23His 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. Cross References John 19:31 Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken: and that they might be taken away. Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree). Leviticus 18:25 And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants. Numbers 35:34 And thus shall your possession be cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel. Joshua 8:29 And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet, until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Joshua commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day. Joshua 10:26 And Joshua struck, and slew them, and hanged them upon five gibbets; and they hung until the evening. Joshua 10:27 And when the sun was down, he commanded the soldiers to take them down from the gibbets. And after they were taken down, they cast them into the cave, where they had lain hid, and put great stones at the mouth thereof, which remain until this day. 2 Samuel 21:10 And Respha the daughter of Aia took haircloth, and spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of the harvest, till water dropped upon them out of heaven: and suffered neither the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night. Ezekiel 39:12 And the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land. Lexicon you must not leaveלֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no the body נִבְלָת֜וֹ (niḇ·lā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5038: A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the tree הָעֵ֗ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood overnight, תָלִ֨ין (ṯā·lîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate but כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction you must be sure to bury קָב֤וֹר (qā·ḇō·wr) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 6912: To inter him הַה֔וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are that day, בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction anyone who is hung on a tree תָּל֑וּי (tā·lui) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8518: To suspend is under God’s אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative curse. קִלְלַ֥ת (qil·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7045: Vilification You must not וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no defile תְטַמֵּא֙ (ṯə·ṭam·mê) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean the land אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ (’aḏ·mā·ṯə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative is giving נֹתֵ֥ן (nō·ṯên) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set you לְךָ֖ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew as an inheritance. נַחֲלָֽה׃ (na·ḥă·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion Additional Translations 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 the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance. his 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. his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance. 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 a curse of God); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. his 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 the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 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 may not be defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance. his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day -- for a thing lightly esteemed of God is the hanged one -- and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance. 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