A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed

22 “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

23 ^bhis body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for ^ca hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not ^ddefile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.