Midrash for Shevuot 59:8
מאי אם נפשך לומר וכי תימא בתובע ונתבע קא משתעי קרא נאמר כאן שני ונאמר להלן שני מה להלן בעדים אף כאן בעדים
Another [Baraitha] taught: And the two men shall stand; the verse refers to witnesses. You say [it refers to witnesses; but perhaps [it refers to] the litigants? You may retort: Do, then, two come to court, and do not three ever come to court?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Litigants may be more than two: therefore the two men refers to witnesses.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"the two men": This tells me only of men (as being required to stand). Whence do I derive (the same for) a man (contending with) a woman; a woman with a man; two women with each other? From "who have the contention" — in any event. If so, why is it written "men"?
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