• Deuteronomy 21:23
    The Bible in Living English

    • 23* his body shall not stay on the tree overnight, but shall be buried the same day, because a man hanging is an insult to God; and you shall not defile your soil that your God Jehovah is giving you as your estate.

  • Deuteronomy 21:23
    American Standard Version

    • 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Deuteronomy 21:23
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 23 his dead body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt bury him on the same day, for a reproach unto God is he that is hanged,—so shalt thou not make unclean thy soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance.

  • Deuteronomy 21:23
    King James Version

    • 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.