Deuteronomy 21:23

“his corpse shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on that day, for one who is hanged is a curse of Elohim; and you shall not make unclean your ground that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.”
Deuteronomy 21:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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his corpseנִבְלָתוֹshall notלֹאremain all nightתָלִיןonעַלthe tree,הָעֵץbutכִּיyou shall surely bury himקָבוֹר תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּon thatהַהוּאday,בַּיּוֹםforכִּיone who is hangedתָּלוּיis a curseקִלְלַתof Elohim;אֱלֹהִיםand you shall notוְלֹאmake uncleanתְטַמֵּאyour groundאֶת אַדְמָתְךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyouלְךָas an inheritance.נַחֲלָה

Quotation · Galatians 3:13

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Where the Hebrew says “one who is hanged is a curse of Elohim,” Galatians says “cursed is everyone who hangs on a wooden beam.”

Formula: ὅτι γέγραπται “for it is written” (Galatians 3:13)

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: Χριστὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξηγόρασεν ἐκ τῆς κατάρας τοῦ νόμου γενόμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατάρα ὅτι γέγραπται Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κρεμάμενος ἐπὶ ξύλου

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תָלִין נִבְלָתוֹ עַל הָעֵץ כִּי קָבוֹר תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כִּי קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים תָּלוּי וְלֹא תְטַמֵּא אֶת אַדְמָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

Deuteronomy 21:23, word by word

his corpseנִבְלָתnivlat

carcass, dead body

A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.

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remain all nightתָלִיןtalin

remain

For something to remain until morning, when it should have gone earlier.

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the treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

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you shall surely bury himקָבוֹרkavor

bury

Bury.

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dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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one who is hangedתָּלוּיtaluy

hang

Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.

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is a curseקִלְלַתkillat

curse

Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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make uncleanתְטַמֵּאtetame

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

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your groundאַדְמָתְadmat

soil

Farmland, or dust.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in Galatians 3:13: “The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law… because it is written: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a wooden beam.” See also John 19:31.

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Quotation · Galatians 3:13

Where the Hebrew says “one who is hanged is a curse of Elohim,” Galatians says “cursed is everyone who hangs on a wooden beam.”

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Deuteronomy 21:23

²³his corpse shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on that day, for one who is hanged is a curse of Elohim; and you shall not make unclean your ground that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.

Galatians 3:13

¹³The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a wooden beam,

The context

22And if there is in a man a sin with a sentence of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

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