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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Deuteronomy 21:22

But when there shall be in any man a sin worthy of death and he is to be put to death, - and thou shalt hang him on a tree,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hanging;   Punishment;   Sanitation;   The Topic Concordance - Curses;   Execution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Punishments;   Trees;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Cross;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gallows;   Hanging;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cross;   Gibeonites;   Hanging;   Punishments;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Hanging;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Crimes and Punishments;   Crucifixion;   Deuteronomy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Curse;   Joseph (2);   Tree ;   Vicarious Sacrifice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Punishment;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cross;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Burial;   Punishments;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment;   Commandments, the 613;   Crucifixion;   Gallows;  

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree,
Hebrew Names Version
If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
Easy-to-Read Version
"A man might be guilty of a sin that must be punished by death. People might kill him and hang his body on a tree.
English Standard Version
"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
American Standard Version
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
Bible in Basic English
If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;
Contemporary English Version
Moses said to Israel: If a criminal is put to death, and you hang the dead body on a tree,
Complete Jewish Bible
(ii) "If someone has committed a capital crime and is put to death, then hung on a tree,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
King James Version (1611)
And if a man haue committed a sinne worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Amplified Bible
"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 [as a public example],
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if there be sin in any one, and the judgment of death be upon him, and he be put to death, and ye hang him on a tree:
English Revised Version
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
Berean Standard Bible
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
Lexham English Bible
"And if a man commits a sin punishable by death, and so he is put to death and you hang him on a tree,
Literal Translation
And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
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.
New English Translation
If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,
New King James Version
"If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
New Living Translation
"If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree,
New Life Bible
"If a man has sinned and should be put to death and he is put to death and you hang him on a tree,
Douay-Rheims Bible
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:
George Lamsa Translation
And if any man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is crucified on a tree, and thus put to death;
Good News Translation
"If someone has been put to death for a crime and the body is hung on a post,
New American Standard Bible
"Now if a person has committed a sin carrying a sentence of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
King James Version
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:
Darby Translation
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne a man doith a synne which is worthi to be punyschid bi deeth, and he is demed to deeth, and is hangid in a iebat,
Young's Literal Translation
`And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,
World English Bible
If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
Revised Standard Version
"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
Update Bible Version
And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
Webster's Bible Translation
And if a man shall have committed a sin worthy of death, and he must be put to death, and thou shalt hang him on a tree:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death for it, and thou hangest hym on tree.
Christian Standard Bible®
“If anyone is found guilty of an offense deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a man haue commytted a synne yt is worthy of death, and is put to death, so that he is hanged on tre,
THE MESSAGE
When a man has committed a capital crime, been given the death sentence, executed and hung from a tree, don't leave his dead body hanging overnight from the tree. Give him a decent burial that same day so that you don't desecrate your God -given land—a hanged man is an insult to God.
New Revised Standard
When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death and is executed, and you hang him on a tree,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
Legacy Standard Bible
"And if a man has committed a sin, the judgment of which is death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Contextual Overview

18 When a man hath a son, rebellious and insulting, who will not hearken to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, - though they chastise him, yet will not hearken unto them, 19 then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him, - and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 and shall say unto the elders of his city: This our son, is rebellious and insulting, - he will not hearken unto our voice, - a glutton and a tippler. 21 Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst, - and, all Israel, shall hear and fear. 22 But when there shall be in any man a sin worthy of death and he is to be put to death, - and thou shalt hang him on a tree, 23 his dead body shall not remain all night upon the tree but thou shalt bury, him on the same day, for a reproach unto God, is he that is hanged, - so shalt thou not make unclean thy soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 8:29, Joshua 10:26, So in Numbers 25:4, we read, "And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads - chief men of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel." Among the Romans, in after ages, they hanged, or rather fastened to the tree ALIVE; and such was the cruel death of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Deuteronomy 19:6, Deuteronomy 22:26, 1 Samuel 26:16, Matthew 26:66, Acts 23:29, Acts 25:11, Acts 25:25, Acts 26:31

worthy of death: Heb. of the judgment of death, The Hebrews understand this not of putting to death by hanging, but of hanging a man up after he was stoned to death; which was done more ignominiously of some heinous malefactors. We have the examples of Rechab and Baanah, who, for murdering Ish-bosheth, were slain by David's commandment, their hand and feet cut off, and then hanged up. 2 Samuel 4:12

thou hang: 2 Samuel 21:6, 2 Samuel 21:9, Luke 23:33, John 19:31-38

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:19 - hang thee Judges 19:29 - with her bones Esther 2:23 - hanged John 12:32 - if Romans 6:21 - for the 1 Peter 2:24 - the tree

Cross-References

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she, - So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed unto God, - and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they bare children,
Genesis 21:2
So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 26:26
And, Abimelech, came unto him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol, commander of his host.
Genesis 26:28
And they said: We, saw plainly, that Yahweh was with thee, so we said, Let there be we pray thee an oath betwixt us both, betwixt us and thee, - and let us solemnise a covenant with thee: -
Genesis 28:15
Lo! then, I, am with thee, so will I keep thee in every place whithersoever thou mayest go, and will bring thee back unto this soil, - For I will not forsake thee until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee.
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said unto him, If, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, …I have divined that Yahweh hath blessed me for thy sake.
Joshua 3:7
Then said Yahweh unto Joshua: This day, will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel, - who shall know, that, as I was with Moses, I will be with thee.
2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon, son of David, strengthened himself over his kingdom, - and, Yahweh, his God, was with him, and made him surpassingly great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death,.... This before mentioned, or any other that deserves death, any kind of death, as strangling, killing with the sword, burning and stoning, to which the Jews restrain it here:

and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him, on a tree; is condemned to stoning, and after that they hang him, as the Targum of Jonathan; and according to the Jewish Rabbins, as Jarchi observes, all that were stoned were to be hanged, and only men, not women g; for it is remarked that it is said "him" and not "her" h: about this there is a dispute in the Misnah i;

"all that are stoned are hanged, they are the words of R. Eliezer; but the wise men say none are to be hanged but the blasphemer and idolater; a man is to be hanged with his face to the people, a woman with her face to the tree, they are the words of R. Eliezer; but the wise men say, a man is to be hanged, but no woman, to whom R. Eliezer replied, did not Simeon Ben Shetach hang women in Ashkelon? they answered him, he hung eighty women (at once), but they do not judge or condemn two in one day;''

so that this was a particular case at a particular time, and not be drawn into an example: in the same place it is asked,

"how they hang one? they fix a beam in the earth, and a piece of wood goes out of it (near the top of it, as one of the commentator k remarks), and join his two hands together and hang him;''

that is, by his hand, not by his neck, as with us, but rather in the crucifixion; only in that the hands are spread, and one hand is fastened to one part of the cross beam, and the other to the other end.

g Misn. Sotah, c. 3. sect. 8. h Maimon. & Bartenora in. ib. i Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 6. sect. 4. k Bartenora in Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 6. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There were four methods of execution in use among the ancient Jews; stoning (Exodus 17:4; Deuteronomy 13:10, etc.), burning Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 21:9, the sword Exodus 32:27, and strangulation. The latter, though not named in Scripture, is regarded by the rabbis as the most common, and the proper one to be adopted when no other is expressly enjoined by the Law. Suspension, whether from cross, stake, or gallows, was not used as a mode of taking life, but was sometimes added after death as an enhancement of punishment. Pharaoh’s chief baker Genesis 40:19 was hanged after being put to death by the sword; and similarly Joshua appears Joshua 10:26 to have dealt with the five kings who made war against Gibeon. Compare also Numbers 25:4.


 
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