The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see if we consider the conflicts we tend to have between our "hearts" and our "heads" -- between what we want and what we know. Our "hearts" tell us that we want pie with ice cream for dinner; our "heads" tell us we should have grilled chicken and salad. If we can bring those two together and actually want what's good for us, we'll be pretty happy. We're built that way -- with our emotions balanced against our intellect -- because the Lord is built that way. His essence is love itself, or Divine Love, the source of all caring, emotion and energy. It is expressed as Divine Wisdom, which gives form to that love and puts it to work, and is the source of all knowledge and reasoning. In His case the two aspects are always in conjunction, always in harmony. It's easy also to see how that duality is reflected throughout creation: plants and animals, food and drink, silver and gold. Most importantly, it's reflected in the two genders, with women representing love and men representing wisdom. That's the underlying reason why conjunction in marriage is such a holy thing. So when "two" is used in the Bible to indicate some sort of pairing or unity, it means a joining together. In rare cases, however, "two" is used more purely as a number. In these cases it stands for a profane or unholy state that comes before a holy one. This is because "three" represents a state of holiness and completion (Jesus, for instance, rose from the tomb on the third day), and "two" represents the state just before it.

6109. [numbered by Tr.] About those who constitute the soles of the feet, and those who are beneath them

I was given the opportunity to see those who make up the Toenails. They are those who praise and find fault without understanding, yet are not evil.

[2] Those who make the right sole near the big toe [are] spenta stickor ¹ ; and with their skill they create light outdoors from which they have light in their rooms.

[3] Those who constitute the middle of the sole of the foot make beautiful leather which they sell [and] from which they make sma scatuller, wackra ² .

[4] Those who constitute the heel make talglius ³ which they sell [and] from which those who live there have candles. They can make lights that last virtually forever and that last but a short time. The light of candles is from these spirits.

[5] The ones beneath the sole of the foot are newsmongers: They ask about what is new everywhere and relate it to others. They have communication with those who are on the top of the brain. I felt that communication. There is a large number [of them].

I heard those who make up the nails singing, or rather, in their own way confessing the Lord, and also those who are beneath the nails. And they were loved by all, and gifts were given to them that they carried back to their companions.

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