Deuteronomy 21:23KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 23 of 23
"His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee an inheritance."
In context
21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
22And 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:
23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee an inheritance.