Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5322 gallows A wooden structure, sometimes a tree, used to impale or display a body after death, or for execution by hanging. Those hanged on gallows were deemed to be under God's curse. A gallows used for impalement and display of bodies Ezra 6:11 See also Joshua 8:29; Joshua 10:26; 2 Samuel 4:12 A gallows used for execution Esther 7:9-10 See also Esther 2:23; Esther 9:13 Those hanged on gallows are under God's curse Galatians 3:13 See also Deuteronomy 21:23 See also
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