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. ”
Moosese seaduses oli sätestatud: „Kui kellegi peal on surmaväärt patt ja ta surmatakse ning sa pood ta puusse [„ tema surnukeha pannakse posti külge rippuma ”, UM], siis ei tohi ta laip jääda ööseks puusse, vaid sa pead ta selsamal päeval kindlasti maha matma ”.