'Twelve' in the Bible
And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.
Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.
Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?
The fifth Nethaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The seventh Jesharelah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The eighth Jeshaiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The ninth Mattaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The eleventh Azarel, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The twelfth Hashabiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The thirteenth Shubael, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The fourteenth Mattithiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The fifteenth Jeremoth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The sixteenth Hananiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The seventeenth Joshbekashah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The eighteenth Hanani, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The twenty-first Hothir, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The twenty-second Giddalti, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The twenty-third Mahazioth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
The twenty-fourth Romamti-ezer, with his sons and his brothers, twelve.