Evidently, during the time of the Hebrew Scriptures, a person who deserved to die was first put to death and then hung on a stake or a tree
Swi le rivaleni leswaku hi nkarhi wa ku tsariwa ka Matsalwa ya Xiheveru, munhu loyi a a faneriwa hi ku fa a a fanele a dlayiwa ku sungula kutani endzhaku a hayekiwa emhandzini kumbe emurhini