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And all the days of
Seth were nine hundred and
twelve years: and he died.
So
Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
And as for
Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
twelve princes shall he
beget, and I will make him a great nation.
As for
Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely
bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of
twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
These are the sons of
Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles;
twelve princes according to their nations.
These were the sons of
Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—
twelve princes of their tribes.
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that
Reuben went and lay with
Bilhah his father’s
concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were
twelve:
While Israel was living in that region,
Reuben went in and
slept with his father’s
concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had
twelve sons:
And they said, Thy servants are
twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of
Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
But they answered, “Your servants are
twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of
Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
We be
twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of
Canaan.
We are
twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of
Canaan.’
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
And they came to Elim, where were
twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they
encamped there by the waters.
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a
signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the
twelve tribes.
The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a
signet, every one with his name, according to the
twelve tribes.
The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
And thou shalt take fine flour, and
bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one
cake.
You are also to take fine flour and
bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an
ephah for each
loaf,
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and
twelve oxen; a
wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and
twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a
cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
This was the
dedication of the altar, in the day when it was
anointed, by the princes of Israel:
twelve chargers of silver,
twelve silver
bowls,
twelve spoons of gold:
So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the
dedication of the altar when it was
anointed:
twelve silver platters,
twelve silver
bowls, and
twelve gold dishes.
The golden spoons were
twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels
apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
The
twelve gold dishes filled with incense
weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary
shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
All the
livestock for the burnt offering totaled
twelve bulls,
twelve rams, and
twelve male lambs a year old—together with their grain offerings—and
twelve male goats for the sin offering.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod
apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even
twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
On the second day you are to present
twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all
unblemished,
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
So a thousand men were
recruited from each tribe of Israel—
twelve thousand armed for war.
And the
beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was
threescore and
twelve.
36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
And they removed from
Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were
twelve fountains of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
They set out from
Marah and came to Elim, where there were
twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
and the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm,
twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the
lodging place, where ye shall
lodge this night.
and command them: ‘Take up for
yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you
spend the night.’”
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they
lodged, and laid them down there.
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
And those
twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in
Gilgal.
And there at
Gilgal Joshua set up the
twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were
twelve thousand, even all the men of
Ai.
A total of
twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of
Ai.
And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and
Bethlehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and
Bethlehem. There were
twelve cities, along with their villages.
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun,
twelve cities.
And the descendants of Merari received
twelve cities from the tribes of
Reuben,
Gad, and
Zebulun.
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
In all,
twelve cities were
allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining
Levite clans.
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his
concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into
twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
When he reached his house, he
picked up a knife, took hold of his
concubine, cut her limb by limb into
twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
And the congregation sent thither
twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and
smite the inhabitants of
Jabesh-
gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most
valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in
Jabesh-
gilead, including women and children.
Then there arose and went over by number
twelve of Benjamin, which
pertained to
Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and
twelve of the servants of David.
So they got up and were counted off—
twelve for Benjamin and
Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and
twelve for David.
And when the children of
Ammon saw that they
stank before David, the children of
Ammon sent and
hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand
footmen, and of king
Maacah a thousand men, and of
Ish-
tob twelve thousand men.
When the
Ammonites realized that they had become a
stench to David, they
hired twenty thousand
Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of
Maacah and
twelve thousand men from
Tob.
Moreover
Ahithophel said unto
Absalom, Let me now choose out
twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
And Solomon had
twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his
chariots, and
twelve thousand
horsemen.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his
chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high
apiece: and a line of
twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
And Solomon gathered together
chariots and
horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred
chariots, and
twelve thousand
horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for
chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Solomon accumulated 1,400
chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the
chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
And
Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
And
Ahijah took hold of the new
cloak he was wearing,
tore it into
twelve pieces,
In the thirty and first year of
Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel,
twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
In the thirty-first year of
Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned
twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
And
Elijah took
twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
And
Elijah took
twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
So he departed thence, and found
Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with
twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and
Elijah passed by him, and cast his
mantle upon him.
Now Jehoram the son of
Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years.
In the
eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of
Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria
twelve years.
Manasseh was
twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-
bah.
Manasseh was
twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun,
twelve cities.
All these which were chosen to be
porters in the gates were two hundred and
twelve. These were reckoned by their
genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the
seer did
ordain in their set office.
The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by
genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the
seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
Of the sons of Uzziel;
Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
twelve.
and from the Uzzielites,
Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.
Now the first lot came forth for
Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were
twelve:
The first lot, which was for
Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The
twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the
twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The one and
twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The two and
twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The three and
twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
The four and
twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve.
and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.
Solomon accumulated 1,400
chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the
chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and
chariots, and
twelve thousand
horsemen; whom he bestowed in the
chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and
chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the
chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
With
twelve hundred
chariots, and
threescore thousand
horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
with 1,200
chariots, 60,000
horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
Manasseh was
twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
Manasseh was
twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and
Joab, two thousand eight hundred and
twelve.
the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and
Joab), 2,812;
The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
the descendants of Jorah, 112;
And offered at the
dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel,
twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
For the
dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of
twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel,
twelve bullocks for all Israel,
ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs,
twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the
twentieth year even unto the two and
thirtieth year of
Artaxerxes the king, that is,
twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Furthermore, from the day King
Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his
twentieth year until his thirty-second year (
twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers
ate the food
allotted to the governor.
The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
the descendants of Hariph, 112;
Now when every
maid’s turn was come to go in to king
Ahasuerus, after that she had been
twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of
myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the
purifying of the women;)
In the
twelve months before her turn to go to King
Xerxes, the
harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of
myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
The two pillars, one sea, and
twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
And concerning the pillars, the height of one
pillar was eighteen cubits; and a
fillet of
twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Each
pillar was eighteen cubits tall and
twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
The length of the
porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
The
portico was twenty cubits wide and
twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.