'Twelve' in the Bible

Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

“Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’”

So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the Lord spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and put them down there.

Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

Included also were Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.

The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.