'The Twelve' in the Bible

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.

There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.

These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place; all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels;

So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

And the great water-vessel, with the twelve oxen under it;

And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.

The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.

The two pillars, the great water-vessel, and the twelve brass oxen which were under it, and the ten wheeled bases, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

This is what the Lord has said: These are the limits by which you will take up your heritage in the land among the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph is to have two parts.

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with the twelve disciples;

And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss.

So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?

He was talking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. It was he who was to be false to Jesus--one of the twelve.

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.