Four subject areas are considered that either resulted from warfare or from the required death penalty: (1) marrying a prisoner of war (21:10–14); (2) establishing the rights of the firstborn, especially in loss of life that brought some families into a polygamous situation (21:15–17); (3) reinforcing the penalty for a rebellious son (21:18–21); and (4) limiting the time a person accursed by God can be impaled on a tree (21:22–23). Since war brides are peop…