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An empty wooden execution beam stands outside an ancient city after sunset.
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Fulfilled

The Curse Borne on the Tree

Deuteronomy says a person exposed upon a tree bears the covenant curse and must not remain there overnight.

PRIMARY PROPHECY

Deuteronomy 21:22–23

22¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

THE HISTORICAL CONNECTION

The Old Testament pattern and its New Testament application

New Testament fulfillment

Jesus' passion and resurrection, commonly dated around AD 30–33

AUDITABLE EVIDENCE

Sources & further reading

Historical facts and interpretive background are kept as structured citations so links can be checked and maintained over time.

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Primary source

4Q Deuteronomy

Israel Antiquities Authority

Official collection record for an ancient manuscript witness to this Old Testament book. It supports the text’s antiquity and transmission context, not the claimed fulfillment by itself.

Checked September 11, 2026
How to read this file

The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.