'Twelve' in the Bible
and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,
And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.
And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;
These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,
And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;
And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,
Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,
And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,
And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?
and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,
And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,
And immediately the damsel arose, and was walking, for she was twelve years old; and they were amazed with a great amazement,
and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,
and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,
When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' they say to him, 'Twelve.'
and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'
And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.
And Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them,
And he answering said to them, 'One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;
And immediately -- while he is yet speaking -- cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;
and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,
and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,
And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him,
because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,
and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,
And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,
And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, 'Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'
and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.
And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed -- that have been written through the prophets -- to the Son of Man,
And the Adversary entered into Judas, who is surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve,
And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,
that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'
And while he is speaking, lo, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them, and he came nigh to Jesus to kiss him,
they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.
Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, 'Do ye also wish to go away?'
Jesus answered them, 'Did not I choose you -- the twelve? and of you -- one is a devil.
And he spake of Judas, Simon's son, Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.
Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;
And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came;
and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;
And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;
thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,
James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!
of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars,
having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,
and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed -- furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;
And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city is pure gold -- as transparent glass.
in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, is a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the nations;