Deuteronomy 21:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;

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  • Deut 22:26 : 26 Nothing is to be done to the virgin, because there is no cause of death in her: it is the same as if a man made an attack on his neighbour and put him to death:
  • Acts 23:29 : 29 Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.
  • Matt 26:66 : 66 What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is right for him to be put to death.
  • Mark 14:64 : 64 His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.
  • Luke 23:33 : 33 And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.
  • John 19:31-38 : 31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus: 33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken; 34 But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water. 35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief. 36 These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken. 37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears. 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.
  • Josh 10:26 : 26 Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.
  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?
  • 2 Sam 4:12 : 12 And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 21:6 : 6 Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.
  • 2 Sam 21:9 : 9 And he gave them up to the Gibeonites, and they put them to death, hanging them on the mountain before the Lord; all seven came to their end together in the first days of the grain-cutting, at the start of the cutting of the barley.
  • Acts 25:11 : 11 If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.
  • Acts 26:31 : 31 And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.
  • Num 25:4 : 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.
  • Deut 19:6 : 6 For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 21:23
    85%

    23 Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

  • Deut 21:21
    80%

    21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

  • Exod 21:12
    77%

    12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

    10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

    11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

    6 On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.

    7 The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

    17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-17
    4 verses
    75%

    14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

    16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Josh 8:29
    74%

    29 And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.

  • Lev 20:13
    74%

    13 And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

  • Deut 22:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

    22 If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Luke 23:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

    32 And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

  • Josh 10:26
    73%

    26 Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.

  • Deut 19:12
    73%

    12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • Acts 10:39
    73%

    39 And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

  • Exod 21:20
    72%

    20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

  • Deut 13:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

    10 Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

    11 And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16 But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    17 Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    18 Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

  • Num 35:31
    72%

    31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

  • Deut 17:12
    72%

    12 And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 20:15
    71%

    15 And if a man has sex relations with a beast, let him be put to death, and let the beast be put to destruction.

  • Deut 22:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

    25 But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;

  • Gal 3:13
    71%

    13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35 Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle.

    36 So all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Acts 5:30
    71%

    30 The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.

  • Esth 2:23
    71%

    23 And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

  • Acts 13:29
    71%

    29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

  • Exod 21:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

    30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

  • Deut 24:7
    70%

    7 If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27 Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.

  • Exod 21:23
    70%

    23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,