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The whole lifetime of Seth was nine hundred and twelve years; then he died.
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For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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Now as for Ishmael, I will heed you: I hereby bless him. I will make him fertile and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve chieftains, and I will make of him a great nation.
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These are the sons of Ishmael, their names by their villages and encampments; twelve chieftains of as many tribal groups.
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While Israel was encamped in that region, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine. When Israel heard of it, he was greatly offended. The sons of Jacob were now twelve.
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“We your servants,” they said, “are twelve brothers, sons of a certain man in Canaan; but the youngest one is at present with our father, and the other one is no more.”
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We are twelve brothers, sons of the same father; but one is no more, and the youngest one is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
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Farewell and Death. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said about them, as he blessed them. To each he gave a suitable blessing.
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Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.
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Moses then wrote down all the words of the Lord and, rising early in the morning, he built at the foot of the mountain an altar and twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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twelve of them to match the names of the sons of Israel, each stone engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
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These stones were twelve, to match the names of the sons of Israel, and each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
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You shall take bran flour and bake it into twelve cakes, using two tenths of an ephah of flour for each cake.
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Count of the Twelve Tribes. Of the descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, registered individually by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service:
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It was these who were enrolled, each according to his ancestral house, by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel.
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The offering they brought before the Lord consisted of six wagons for baggage and twelve oxen, that is, a wagon for every two tribal leaders, and an ox for each. These they presented before the tabernacle.
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These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar, given by the tribal leaders of Israel on the occasion of its anointing: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold cups.
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The twelve gold cups that were filled with incense weighed ten shekels apiece, according to the sanctuary shekel, so that all the gold of the cups amounted to one hundred and twenty shekels.
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The animals for the burnt offerings were, in all, twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve yearling lambs, with their grain offerings; those for the purification offerings were twelve goats.
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Chapter 13
The Twelve Scouts. The Lord said to Moses:
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Speak to the Israelites and get from them a staff for each ancestral house, twelve staffs in all, from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man’s name on his staff;
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So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and all their leaders gave him staffs, twelve in all, one from each leader of their ancestral houses; and Aaron’s staff was among them.
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On the second day: twelve bulls of the herd, two rams, and fourteen unblemished yearling lambs,
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From the contingents of Israel, therefore, a thousand men of each tribe were levied, so that there were twelve thousand men armed for war.
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Setting out from Marah, they came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.