'Twelve' in the Bible
And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux for twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;
And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness.
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into the way of the nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.
And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.
And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit down upon his throne of glory, ye also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with him apart in the way, and said to them,
Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote, went to the chief priests
And when the evening was come he lay down at table with the twelve.
And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and sticks from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?