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Deuteronomy 21:22-23
New Catholic Bible
Deuteronomy 21:22-23
New Catholic Bible
22 Burying a Criminal.[a] If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hanging from a tree, 23 you are not to leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that day, for anyone who is hung from a tree is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land that the Lord, your God, is giving you as an inheritance.
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- Deuteronomy 21:22 This is why the body of Jesus was buried before nightfall (Jn 19:31). See the application of the entire passage to Jesus in Gal 3:13.
