'Twelve' in the Bible

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

Twelve years had they served Chedorlaomer; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their hamlets and their encampments twelve princes of their peoples.

And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.

And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.

These are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, the twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

and they brought their offering before Jehovah, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two princes, and an ox for each; and they presented them before the tabernacle.

This was the dedication-gift of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, from the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve cups of gold:

twelve golden cups full of incense, each cup of ten shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the cups, a hundred and twenty shekels.

All the cattle for the burnt-offering was: twelve bullocks, twelve rams, twelve yearling lambs and their oblation; and twelve bucks of the goats for a sin-offering.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.

And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

And on the second day, ye shall present twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;

And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there.

And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.

And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,

and command them, saying, Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.

And Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe;

And the children of Israel did so, as Joshua had commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging-place, and laid them down there.

And twelve stones did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant had stood firm; and they are there to this day.

And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;

and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Jidalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities and their hamlets.

The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

These were all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and laying hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.

So the congregation sent thither twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, "Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

And the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David; and the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

and one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

and twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, twelve years; he reigned six years in Tirzah.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;

And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing with twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him.

And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah.

To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.

of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.

The third to Zaccur; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The fourth to Jizri; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The sixth to Bukkijah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The eighth to Isaiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The eleventh to Azareel; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The fourteenth to Mattithiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The fifteenth to Jeremoth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The sixteenth to Hananiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The seventeenth to Joshbekashah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The eighteenth to Hanani; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The nineteenth to Mallothi; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twentieth to Elijathah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twenty-first to Hothir; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twenty-second to Giddalti; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

and twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.

and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.

And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that formed the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.

And as to the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

And the hearth of God was twelve cubits long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.