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Deuteronomy 21:20-23 New Living Translation (NLT)

20. The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

21. Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

22. “If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree,

23. the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the lord your God is giving you as your special possession.

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