Bible Verses About Trees: Often executed criminals on

After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet:

His body shall not remain upon the tree, but shall be buried the same day: for he is accursed of God that hangeth on a tree: and thou shalt not defile thy land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee in possession.

And Joshua struck, and slew them, and hanged them upon five gibbets; and they hung until the evening.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree).