Before the end of three days, the king will take you out of this prison. Then the king will cut your head off! He will hang your body on a pole. And birds will eat your body.”
Deuteronomy 21:22 - Easy To Read Version “A person might be guilty of a sin that must be punished by death. After he is killed, people might hang his body on a tree. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death and [afterward] you hang him on a tree, [Josh. 10:26, 27.] American Standard Version (1901) And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; Common English Bible Now if someone is guilty of a capital crime, and they are executed, and you then hang them on a tree, Catholic Public Domain Version When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet: |
Before the end of three days, the king will take you out of this prison. Then the king will cut your head off! He will hang your body on a pole. And birds will eat your body.”
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took the cloth of sadness and put it on the rock. [123] That cloth stayed on the rock from the time the harvest began until the rains came. Rizpah watched the bodies day and night. She did not let the wild birds get the bodies during the day. And she did not let the wild animals get them at night.
Give us seven of Saul’s sons. Saul was the Lord’s chosen king. So we will hang his sons in front of the Lord on Mount Gibeah of Saul.”
David gave these seven men to the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites brought them to Mount Gibeah and hanged them in front of the Lord. Those seven men died together. They were put to death during the first days of harvest. This was {in the spring} at the beginning of the barley harvest.
So David commanded the young soldiers to kill Recab and Baanah. The young soldiers cut off the hands and feet of Recab and Baanah and hanged them by the pool of Hebron. Then they took the head of Ish Bosheth and buried it in the same place where Abner was buried at Hebron.
The Lord said to Moses, “Get all the leaders of these people. Then kill them so that all the people can see. [311] Lay their bodies before the Lord. Then the Lord will not show his anger against all the people of Israel.”
Jesus and the two criminals were led to a place called “The Skull.” There the soldiers nailed Jesus to his cross. They also nailed the criminals to their crosses. They put one criminal beside Jesus on the right, and they put the other criminal beside Jesus on the left.
This is what I learned: The Jews said Paul did some things that were wrong. But these charges were about their own Jewish laws. And none of these things were worthy of jail or death.
If I have done something wrong, and the law says I must die, then I agree that I should die. I don’t ask to be saved from death. But if these charges are not true, then no person can give me to these Jews. No! I want Caesar to hear my case!”
When I judged him, I could find nothing wrong. I found no reason to order his death. But he asked to be judged by Caesar. {\cf2\super [484]} So I decided to send him \{to Rome\}.
and left the room. They were talking to each other. They said, “This man should not be killed or put in jail; he has done nothing really bad!”
But if the city is too far away, he might not be able to run there fast enough. A close relative [123] of the person he killed might run after him and catch him before he reaches the city. The close relative might be very angry and kill the man. But the man did not deserve death. He did not hate the person he killed.
You must do nothing to the girl. She did nothing that deserves the punishment of death. This is like a person attacking his neighbor and killing him.
Then Joshua killed the five kings. He hanged their bodies on five trees. Joshua left them hanging in the trees until evening.
At sunset Joshua told his men to take the bodies down from the trees. So they threw the bodies into the cave where the kings had been hiding and covered the entrance of the cave with large rocks. Those bodies are still in that cave today.
Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree. He left him hanging on the tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.
You made a big mistake! As sure as the Lord is alive, you and your men should die. Why? Because you didn’t protect your master, the Lord’s chosen king. Look for the king’s spear and the water jug that was near Saul’s head! Where are they?”