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Deuteronomy 21:22-23
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Deuteronomy 21:22-23
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Various Laws
22 If someone guilty of a capital offense(A) is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, 23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight.(B) Be sure to bury(C) it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.(D) You must not desecrate(E) the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 21:22-23
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Deuteronomy 21:22-23
King James Version
22 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.
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Esther 2:23
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Esther 2:23
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23 And when the report was investigated and found to be true, the two officials were impaled(A) on poles. All this was recorded in the book of the annals(B) in the presence of the king.(C)
Esther 2:23
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Esther 2:23
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23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
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Esther 5:14
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Esther 5:14
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14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits,[a](A) and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled(B) on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.
Footnotes
- Esther 5:14 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
Esther 5:14
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Esther 5:14
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14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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Esther 9:14
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Esther 9:14
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14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled(A) the ten sons of Haman.
Esther 9:14
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Esther 9:14
King James Version
14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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