Dictionary of Bible Themes 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. Deuteronomy 19:15Two and three See also Two or three witnesses Numbers 35:30Deuteronomy 17:6 Matthew 18:16 2 Corinthians 13:1 1 Timothy 5:19 Hebrews 10:28 Matthew 18:20 See also Two or three as a small approximate number 2 Kings 9:32Isaiah 17:6 Hosea 6:2 1 Corinthians 14:27,29 Ecclesiastes 4:12 See also Two and three in a climactic pattern Proverbs 30:15Jeremiah 36:23 Three and four Three or four as a small approximate number Proverbs 30:18-19See also Three and four in a climactic pattern Proverbs 30:15-16,21-23,29-31Amos 1:3,6,9,11,13; 2:1,4,6 Job 5:19 Other examples of the climactic pattern Proverbs 6:16-19Genesis 4:24 Ecclesiastes 11:2 Micah 5:5 Amos 5:3 Comparative use of multiples of ten See also Leviticus 26:8Deuteronomy 33:17 Judges 20:10 Micah 6:7 Luke 16:7 1 Samuel 18:7-8 Numerical contrast between Saul and David See also 1 Samuel 21:11; 29:5See also 1025 God, anger of5359 justice |
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