23 (A)his body is not to be left overnight on the [a]tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for (B)he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you (C)do not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:23 Lit wood

23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight.(A) Be sure to bury(B) it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.(C) You must not desecrate(D) the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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14 “They will also select men who will constantly pass through the land, (A)burying those who were passing through, those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will conduct a search.

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14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search.

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16 And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’

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16 near a town called Hamonah.[a] And so they will cleanse the land.’

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  1. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.