Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Midrash for Shevuot 59:9

תניא אידך ועמדו שני האנשים בעדים הכתוב מדבר אתה אומר בעדים או אינו אלא בבעלי דינין אמרת וכי אנשים באין לדין נשים אין באות לדין ואם נפשך לומר נאמר כאן שני ונאמר להלן שני מה להלן בעדים אף כאן בעדים

But if you wish to say something [to refute this deduction, I give you another]: Here it is said, 'two', and there it is said, 'two',' just as there it refers to witnesses, so here it refers to witnesses. What is meant by: If you wish to say [something to refute this]? You might say, the verse refers to plaintiff and defendant,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And though there may be several plaintiffs and several defendants, the verse calls them the two men, i e., the two protagonists, plaintiffs on the one side, and defendants on the other.');"><sup>18</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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