'Two' in the Bible

"Meanwhile, Babylon's king is standing at the fork of the road, where he can head in either of two directions, and that's where he is practicing divination. Shaking his arrows, he's asking questions of his teraphim while he examines livers.

"Son of Man, here are two sisters who are daughters from the same mother.

I saw that she was defiled, because the two of them both were on the same path.

"Because you have claimed, "These two nations and these two lands are going to belong to me, and we will take possession of them, even though the LORD is there,'

I'm going to make them a united people in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and I'll set a single king to rule over them. They'll never again be two separate people. They'll never again be divided into two kingdoms.

He measured the vestibule of the gate inside at eight cubits and the doorjambs at two cubits. (The vestibule at the gate faced away from the Temple.)

In the porch leading in front of the gate there were two tables on either side for slaughtering burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings,

and on the outer side, approaching the northern gateway, there were two tables, as well as two tables on the opposite side of the porch in front of the gate.

Then he went inside and measured the door jambs at two cubits wide and the doorway at six cubits high. The doorway was seven cubits wide.

There were carved cherubim and palm trees, alternating with a palm tree between a cherub, and each cherub had two faces,

The altar was made of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. He told me, "This table stands in the LORD's presence."

Each door had two sections mounted on hinges, for a total of two sections for one door and two sections for the other.

From the base on the ground to its lower edge is to be two cubits, with its width to be one cubit. From the lesser ledge to the larger edge is to be four cubits. Its width is to be one cubit.

The first resembled a lion, but it had eagles' wings. I continued to watch until its wings were plucked off, it was lifted up off the ground, and it was forced to stand on two feet like a man. A human soul was imparted to it.

"Then I turned my head to look, and to my surprise, a two-horned ram was standing beside the canal. The two horns grew long, the first one growing longer than the second, with the longer one springing up last.

It approached the ram with the two horns that I had observed while standing beside the canal, and charged at him, out of control with rage.

I saw it approach the ram, overflowing with fury at him, and run into him with the full force of its strength. The goat shattered the ram's two horns, and the ram could not oppose it. So the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from its control.

Now as for the two kings, their intentions will be evil, and they'll promote deception at their dinner table, but none of this will succeed, because the end won't have come yet.

"Then while I, Daniel, continued watching, suddenly two others stood there, one on this side of the river bank and one on the other side.

After two days, he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence.

When I'm ready, I will chasten them; and the people will gather against them, to imprison them for their two unrighteous acts."

The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he spoke concerning Israel during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah and during the reign of Joash's son Jeroboam, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd might save from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches."

So the people of two or three cities staggered away to another city in order to obtain drinking water, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

So I said, "I have been watching and look! there is a menorah made completely of gold with a bowl on top of it. And there are seven lights on it, along with seven feeder channels to the lamps, which are also on top of it. Two olive trees are near it, one on the right side of the bowl and one on the left."

Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees, one on the right of the menorah and one on the left?"

I also asked him a second question: "What are these two olive branches on either side of the two golden feeder channels that carry the golden oil to the seven lights?"

He said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand continuously beside the Lord of the whole earth."

Then I looked up to see two women coming forward with the wind filling their wings. (They had wings like those of a stork.) They took up the basket, holding it between the earth and sky.

Then I looked up and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains! And the mountains were made of brass!

So I became shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, paying attention to the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs naming one "Pleasant" and the other one "Union" - and then I pastured the flock.

It will come about in all of the land," declares the LORD, "that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.

His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. Then the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a very large valley, with half of the mountain moving toward the north and half toward the south.

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two with him.

"No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!"

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

"Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission.

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

"So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell fire.

"If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

But if he doesn't listen, take one or two others with you so that "every word may be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,

because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers.

When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Which of the two did the father's will?" They answered, "The first one."

All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments."

At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

Two women will be grinding grain at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

To one man he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, based on their ability. Then he went on his trip.

In the same way, the one who had two talents earned two more.

"The one with two talents also came forward and said, "Master, you gave me two talents. See, I've earned two more talents.

"You know that the Passover will take place in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

So the governor asked them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?" "Barabbas!" they replied.

At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

Suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, rocks were split open,

He called the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." They found out and told him, "Five loaves and two fish."

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It's better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

and the two will become one flesh.' So they're no longer two, but one flesh.

When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead

Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

He sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him.

They crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

The curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.

After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two disciples as they were walking into the country.

They also offered a sacrifice according to what is specified in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."

He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."

He saw two boats lying on the shore, but the fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets.

John's disciples told him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

"Two men were in debt to a moneylender. One owed him 500 denarii, and the other 50.

But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to the disciples to pass on to the crowd.

Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.

Now Peter and the men with him had been overcome by sleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus' glory and the two men standing with him.

The next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, "Take good care of him. If you spend more than that, I'll repay you when I come back.'

"Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

From now on, five people in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!"

I tell you, two will be seated on the same couch that night. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind.

Two women will be grinding grain together. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind."

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.