Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 1000 God » 1600 Scripture as the word of God » 1650 numbers, significance of » 1656 numbers, combinations Numbers may be combined for making a comparison. When they are combined in such a pattern as “two or three” the emphasis usually falls on the second figure. Two and three Two or three witnesses Deuteronomy 19:15 See also Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28 Two or three as a small approximate number Matthew 18:20 See also 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; Hosea 6:2; 1 Corinthians 14:27,29 Two and three in a climactic pattern Ecclesiastes 4:12 See also Proverbs 30:15 Three and four Three or four as a small approximate number Three and four in a climactic pattern Proverbs 30:18-19 See also Proverbs 30:15-16,21-23,29-31; Amos 1:3,6,9,11,13; Amos 2:1,4,6 Other examples of the climactic pattern Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16-19; Genesis 4:24; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Micah 5:5 Comparative use of multiples of ten Amos 5:3 See also Leviticus 26:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Judges 20:10; Micah 6:7; Luke 16:7 Numerical contrast between Saul and David 1 Samuel 18:7-8 See also 1 Samuel 21:11; Samuel 29:5 See also
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