“‘On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

“‘On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

“‘On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

“‘On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

The people were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people. ¹ 

Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey ¹  from Horeb ²  to Kadesh Barnea ³  by way of Mount Seir. ⁴ 

I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the ¹  twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah – a total of sixteen cities and their towns.

Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; ¹  in all they had twelve cities and their towns. ² 

Yiron, ¹  Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had ²  nineteen cities and their towns.

Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

The Israelites were subject to ¹  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.

David became famous ¹  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ²  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ³  18,000 in all.

Solomon had 4,000 ¹  stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ¹