The Bible — notes and cross-references in Deuteronomy | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 21

21:3^a yoke

Num. 19:2
21:6^a wash

cf. Psa. 26:6; 73:13; Matt. 27:24
21:8^a innocent

cf. Jonah 1:14
21:9^a remove

Deut. 19:19
21:12^a shave

cf. 1 Cor. 11:5
21:13^a father

cf. Psa. 45:10
21:14^a wherever

cf. Jer. 34:16
21:15^a beloved

cf. Gen. 29:30; 1 Sam. 1:4-5
21:17^a firstfruits

Gen. 49:3; Psa. 78:51; 105:36
21:18^a chastise

cf. Heb. 12:9
21:21^a stone

Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:24; Josh. 7:25
21:21^b remove

Deut. 13:5; 1 Cor. 5:13
21:22¹ hang

The one hanged on a tree here is a type of the crucified Christ, who was cursed and hanged on the cross to redeem us out of the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13; 1 Pet. 2:24) and was buried on the day of His death (v. 23; John 19:31).
21:23^a corpse

Josh. 8:29; 10:26-27; John 19:31
21:23^1b accursed

Gal. 3:13

Lit., the curse of God.