Deuteronomy 21:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If a criminal is put to death, and you hang the dead body on a tree,

Cross References

Genesis 40:19

and in three days the king will cut off your head. He will hang your body on a pole, and birds will come and peck at it.

2 Samuel 21:10

Rizpah spread out some sackcloth on a nearby rock. She wouldn't let the birds land on the bodies during the day, and she kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.

2 Samuel 21:6

Give us seven of his descendants. We will hang these men near the place where the LORD is worshipped in Gibeah, the home town of Saul, the LORD's chosen king.” “I'll give them to you,” David said.

2 Samuel 21:9

turned them over to the Gibeonites, who hanged all seven of them on the mountain near the place where the LORD was worshipped. This happened right at the beginning of the barley harvest.

2 Samuel 4:12

Then David said to his troops, “Kill these two brothers! Cut off their hands and feet and hang their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But bury Ishbosheth's head in Abner's tomb near Hebron.” And they did.

Numbers 25:4

So he said to Moses, “Take the Israelite leaders who are responsible for this and have them killed in front of my sacred tent where everyone can see. Perhaps then I will stop being angry with the Israelites.”

Matthew 26:66

What do you think?” They answered, “He is guilty and deserves to die!”

Mark 14:64

You heard him claim to be God! What is your decision?” They all agreed that he should be put to death.

Luke 23:33

When the soldiers came to the place called “The Skull”, they nailed Jesus to a cross. They also nailed the two criminals to crosses, one on each side of Jesus.

Acts 23:29

and learnt that the charges concern only their religious laws. This man isn't guilty of anything for which he should die or even be put in jail.

Acts 25:11

If I had done something deserving death, I would not ask to escape the death penalty. But I am not guilty of any of these crimes, and no one has the right to hand me over to these people. I now ask to be tried by the Emperor himself.”

Acts 25:25

I have not found him guilty of any crime deserving death. But because he has asked to be judged by the Emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.

Acts 26:31

But before they left, they said, “This man isn't guilty of anything. He doesn't deserve to die or to be put in jail.”

Deuteronomy 19:6

You don't deserve to die, since you did not mean to harm your friend. But he did get killed, and his relatives might be very angry. They might even choose one of the men from their family to track you down and kill you. If it is too far to one of the Safe Towns, the victim's relative might be able to catch you and kill you.

Deuteronomy 22:26

Do not punish the woman at all; she has done nothing wrong, and certainly nothing deserving death. This crime is like murder,

Joshua 10:26

Joshua killed the five kings and told his men to hang each body on a tree. Then at sunset

Joshua 10:27

he told some of his troops, “Take the bodies down and throw them into the cave where the kings were found. Cover the entrance to the cave with big rocks.” Joshua's troops obeyed his orders, and those rocks are still there.

1 Samuel 26:16

You're a complete failure! I swear by the living LORD that you and your men deserve to die for not protecting the LORD's chosen king. Look and see if you can find the king's spear and the water jar that were near his head.”