Deuteronomy 21:22 “If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and…”

Deuteronomy 21:22

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

American Standard Version

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

Geneva Bible 1599

If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, and thou hangest him on a tree,

Darby Translation

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,

Young's Literal Translation

'And when there is in a man a sin — a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

Bible in Basic English

If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;

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Cross references

“worthy of death”

Acts 26:31 Matthew 26:66 Acts 23:29 2 Samuel 4:12 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:26

Acts 26:31 · BSB

On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

Matthew 26:66 · BSB

What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.

Acts 23:29 · BSB

I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

2 Samuel 4:12 · BSB

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in H…

Joshua 8:29 · BSB

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks,…

Joshua 10:26 · BSB

After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

“thou hang”

John 19:31–38 Luke 23:33 2 Samuel 21:6 2 Samuel 21:9

John 19:31–38 · BSB

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

Luke 23:33 · BSB

When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

2 Samuel 21:6 · BSB

let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

2 Samuel 21:9 · BSB

And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of t…

Also

Deuteronomy 22:26 Deuteronomy 19:6 Mark 14:64 Numbers 25:4

Deuteronomy 22:26 · BSB

Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

Deuteronomy 19:6 · BSB

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

Mark 14:64 · BSB

You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.

Numbers 25:4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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