23 His body shall not remain [a]all night upon the tree, but thou shalt bury him the same day: for the (A)curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not therefore thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:23 For God’s Law by his death is satisfied, and nature abhorreth cruelty.

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree, unto the evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded [a]that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and (A)lay thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:29 According as it was commanded, Deut. 21:23.

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