'Twelve' in the Bible
To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.
All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds are two hundred and twelve; they are in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.
Of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.
And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;
the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
at the four and twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.