The Mosaic Law stipulated: “In case there comes to be in a man a sin deserving the sentence of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hung him upon a stake, his dead body should not stay all night on the stake; but you should by all means bury him on that day. ”
ذكرت الشريعة الموسوية :‏ « اذا كان على انسان خطية حكمها الموت ،‏ فقُتل ،‏ وعلَّقته على خشبة ،‏ فلا تبِتْ جثته على الخشبة ،‏ بل تدفنه في ذلك اليوم » .‏