Deuteronomy 21:22

New Century Version

If someone is guilty of a sin worthy of death, he must be put to death and his body displayed on a tree.

Cross References

Genesis 40:19

Before the end of three days, the king will cut off your head! He will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh.”

2 Samuel 21:10

Aiah’s daughter Rizpah took the rough cloth that was worn to show sadness and put it on a rock for herself. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on her sons’ bodies. During the day she did not let the birds of the sky touch her sons’ bodies, and during the night she did not let the wild animals touch them.

2 Samuel 21:6

So bring seven of his sons to us. Then we will kill them and hang them on stakes in the presence of the Lord at Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord’s chosen king.” The king said, “I will give them to you.”

2 Samuel 21:9

David gave these seven sons to the Gibeonites. Then the Gibeonites killed them and hung them on stakes on a hill in the presence of the Lord. All seven sons died together. They were put to death during the first days of the harvest season at the beginning of barley harvest.

2 Samuel 4:12

So David commanded his men to kill Recab and Baanah. They cut off the hands and feet of Recab and Baanah and hung them over the pool of Hebron. Then they took Ish-Bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.

Numbers 25:4

The Lord said to Moses, “Get all the leaders of the people and kill them in open daylight in the presence of the Lord. Then the Lord will not be angry with the people of Israel.”

Matthew 26:66

What do you think?” The people answered, “He should die.”

Mark 14:64

You all heard him say these things against God. What do you think?” They all said that Jesus was guilty and should die.

Luke 23:33

When they came to a place called the Skull, the soldiers crucified Jesus and the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left.

Acts 23:29

I learned that these people said Paul did some things that were wrong by their own laws, but no charge was worthy of jail or death.

Acts 25:11

If I have done something wrong and the law says I must die, I do not ask to be saved from death. But if these charges are not true, then no one can give me to them. I want Caesar to hear my case!”

Acts 25:25

When I judged him, I found no reason to order his death. But since he asked to be judged by Caesar, I decided to send him.

Acts 26:31

and left the room. Talking to each other, they said, “There is no reason why this man should die or be put in jail.”

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, the dead person’s relative who has the duty of punishing a murderer might be angry and chase him. If the city is far away, the relative might catch and kill the person, even though he should not be killed because there was no intent to kill his neighbor.

Deuteronomy 22:26

Don’t do anything to the girl, because she has not done a sin worthy of death. This is like the person who attacks and murders a neighbor;

Joshua 10:26

Then Joshua killed the five kings and hung their bodies on five trees, where he left them until evening.

Joshua 10:27

At sunset Joshua told his men to take the bodies down from the trees. Then they threw them into the same cave where they had been hiding and covered the opening of the cave with large rocks, which are still there today.

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree and to throw it down at the city gate. Then they covered it with a pile of rocks, which is still there today.

1 Samuel 26:16

You have not done well. As surely as the Lord lives, you and your men should die. You haven’t guarded your master, the Lord’s appointed king. Look! Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?”