What did Deuteronomy 21:22-23 require be done with the body of a hanged man?
Deuteronomy 21:22–23 required that a man put to death and hanged on a tree not remain overnight; his body had to be buried that same day. The reason given is that one hanged is accursed of God, and the land must not be defiled.
Les explains that Deuteronomy 21:22–23 addresses a man who committed a sin worthy of death, was put to death, and hanged on a tree. The body was not to remain all night on the tree; it had to be buried that day. Les connects this to why the Jews hurried to get Jesus off the cross: they knew this verse, and under Israel’s Law one hanged is accursed of God, so the land would not be defiled.
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:
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What did Deuteronomy 21 require for a man hanged on a tree?
Deuteronomy 21 required that if a man committed a sin worthy of death, was put to death, and hanged on a tree, his body must not remain all night but be buried that same day.