²² but he impaled the chief baker,^(A) just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.^(B)

Various Laws

²² If someone guilty of a capital offense^(A) is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, ²³ you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight.^(B) Be sure to bury^(C) it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.^(D) You must not desecrate^(E) the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

²³ And when the report was investigated and found to be true, the two officials were impaled^(A) on poles. All this was recorded in the book of the annals^(B) in the presence of the king.^(C)

¹⁰ So they impaled^(A) Haman^(B) on the pole^(C) he had set up for Mordecai.^(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.^(E)