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A freshly covered earthen grave lies outside a stone settlement in late daylight.
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Deuteronomy 21:23

Burial That Same Day

Answer for Innocent Blood and Guard the Household Laws · Deuteronomy 21

Story guide: The covered grave before nightfall accompanies the command to bury the corpse that same day.

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23His corpse shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that same day, for a hanged man is under God's curse; and you shall not defile your land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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