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: “You shall bury him on that same day” — from here they said: they delay him until near sunset, complete his trial, put him to death, and afterward hang him.
On the daf / in context: The timing is arranged so that the hanging occurs only briefly before nightfall, after which the body is immediately buried.
Type of Learning
Halakhic derivation of the procedure’s timing from the verse.
What Is Learned
The court arranges the execution and hanging so that the body remains on the tree only for a very short time before burial on the same day.