29 And he ahanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And bat sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and craised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
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Joshua 10:26
And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.
Deuteronomy 21:22–23
“And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.
Joshua 7:26
And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
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