1שלא להלין התלוי - שלא נעזב התלוי להלין על העץ, שנאמר (דברים כא כג) לא תלין נבלתו על העץ, זו מצות לא תעשה. כל ענין המצוה, כתוב במצות עשה שלו שבסדר זה (מצוה תקלז), ואין להאריך במה שאין צרך בו. ושם כתוב, שאף המלין מתו שלא לכבודו עובר בלאו.
To not leave one that is hung overnight: To not leave overnight on the pole the one who is hung, as it is stated (Deuteronomy 21:23), “You shall not leave his carcass on the pole overnight.” This is a negative commandment. The entire matter of the commandment is written in its [corresponding] positive commandment in this Order (Sefer HaChinukh 537), and we shall not be lengthy about what there is no need. And there it is written that even someone who leaves his [relative’s] dead body overnight not for his (the dead person’s) honor transgresses a negative commandment.
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