²² But he ^(A)hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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²² “If a man has committed a sin ^(A)deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, ^23 (B)his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that ^(C)you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for ^(D)he who is hanged is accursed of God.

²³ And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in ^(A)the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

¹⁰ So ^(A)they ^(B)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.