'Twelve' in the Bible
And when he was twelve years [old], they went up according to the custom of the feast.
And when day came, he summoned his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:
And it happened that {afterward} also he was going about from [one] town and village [to another] preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve [were] with him,
because {he had} an only daughter, about twelve years [old], and she was dying. Now as he was going, the crowds were pressing against him.
And a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} for twelve years (who, [although she] had spent all [her] assets on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone)
And summoning the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases,
Now the day began to be far spent, and the twelve came up [and] said to him, "Send away the crowd so that they can go into the surrounding villages and farms to obtain lodging and find provisions, because we are here in a desolate place.
And [they] all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up by them--twelve baskets of broken pieces.
And taking aside the twelve, he said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written by the prophets with reference to the Son of Man will be accomplished.
And Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
[While] he was still speaking, behold, [there came] a crowd, and the one named Judas, one of the twelve, leading them. And he approached Jesus to kiss him.