'Twelve' in the Bible

So now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

“Take for yourselves the twelve men [chosen] from among the people, one man from each tribe,

and command them, ‘Pick up for yourselves twelve stones [one each] from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm; carry them over with you and lay them down at the place where you will spend the night tonight.’”

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

So the [twelve men chosen from the] sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had spoken to Joshua; and they carried them over with them to the place where they were spending the night and put them down there.

Then Joshua set up [a second monument of] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

And those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

And all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages;

Included were Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.

The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

All [these were] the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.