Deuteronomy 21:22

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:

Cross-references

Joshua 8:29 Citation

Joshua 8:29 obeys the law of Deut 21:22-23 by hanging the king on a tree and removing the body before evening.

Joshua 10:26 similarly hangs enemy kings on trees and removes them before evening, following the same Deuteronomic law.

In 2 Samuel 4:12, David executes the law by hanging the murderers' bodies, a direct application of the Deuteronomic command.

In 2 Samuel 21:6, the Gibeonites request hanging of Saul's sons, following the practice of execution by hanging prescribed in Deut.

In 2 Samuel 21:9, the actual hanging of Saul's sons fulfills the Deuteronomic requirement for executing criminals.

In John 19:31-38, Jesus' body is taken down before Sabbath, obeying the Deuteronomic rule that a hanged body must not remain overnight.

In Genesis 40:19, Joseph interprets the baker's dream: Pharaoh will hang him on a tree—the same execution method described in Deuteronomy 21:22.

Esther 2:23 Parallel

In Esther 2:23, the conspirators are hanged on a gallows, directly illustrating the practice of hanging criminals described here.

In 1 Peter 2:24, Christ bore our sins on the tree, directly fulfilling the typology of the cursed hanged criminal.