This was the dedication for the altar from the leaders of Israel, when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve gold pans.

From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,

from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

The ¹  wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.

He appointed twelve: ¹  To Simon ²  he gave the name Peter;

(Now there were about twelve men in all.) ¹ 

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

It has ¹  a massive, high wall ²  with twelve gates, ³  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁴  are written on the gates. ⁵ 

So they got up and crossed over by number: twelve belonging to Benjamin and to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

For twelve years ¹  they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year ²  they rebelled. ³ 

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

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

Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

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

Twelve thousand men and women died ¹  that day, including all the men of Ai.

Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba – a total of twelve cities and their towns.

the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, ¹