His body shall not remain overnight on the tree; rather you shall bury him on that same day, for a hanging person is a curse of God, and you shall not defile your land that Hashem your God is giving you as an inheritance.
English: The Sages taught: From where is it derived that one who leaves his dead overnight transgresses a negative commandment? The verse states, “His body shall not remain overnight on the tree.”
On the daf / in context: The Gemara in Sanhedrin derives the general prohibition against leaving any corpse overnight from the specific language of this verse concerning the hanged criminal.
Type of Learning
Derash extending the verse’s negative commandment beyond the hanged criminal to all dead (Sanhedrin).
What Is Learned
Leaving a corpse overnight without burial violates a negative commandment of the Torah.