The Number Twelve...
Twelve: the number is used many times throughout the Bible.
Twelve angels
at the gates: Rev 21:12
Twelve Apostles: Lk 6:13-16
Twelve baskets of
fragments left: Mt 14:20
Twelve bulls, lambs, rams: Num 7:87
Twelve
cakes: Lev 24:5
Twelve cities: 1Chron 6:63
Twelve foundation stones of
the wall of the Heavenly Jerusalem: Rev 21:14
Twelve foundations of the wall
of Jerusalem adorned with twelve kinds of precious stones,
jasper, sapphire, agate, emerald, sardonyx, sardius, chrysolite, beryl,
topaz, chrysoprase, jacinth, amethyst: Rev 21:20
Twelve fruits bearing on the tree of life: Ez 47:12, Rev 22:2
Twelve gates
of the Heavenly Jerusalem: Rev 21:12
Twelve gates of the Heavenly Jerusalem
were twelve pearls: Rev 21:21
Twelve gold cups: Num 7:86
Twelve
governors: 1King 4:7
Twelve he-goats: Ezra 8:35
Twelve hours in a day
(6am to 6pm): Jn 11:9
Twelve legions of angels: Mt 26:53
Twelve lions:
1King 10:20
Twelve lots cast: 1Chron 25:9-31
Twelve men: Josh 3:12
Twelve months in a year: Rev 22:2
Twelve oxen: 2Chron 4:15, Jer 52:20
Twelve parts of a garment: 1King 11:30
Twelve pillars: Ex 24:4
Twelve precious stones in priestly vestments, carnelian, topaz, emerald,
garnet, sapphire, beryl, jacinth, agate, amethyst, chrysolite, onyx, and
Jasper: Ex 28:17-20
Twelve princes for Ishmael: Gen 17:20
Twelve rods:
Num 7:84,17:2
Twelve scouts: Deut 1:19-25
Twelve silver basins, plates:
Num 7:84
Twelve sons of Ishmael: Gen 25:12-16
Twelve sons of Jacob: Gen 35:23-26
Twelve spies: Num 13:1-33
Twelve
springs of water: Num 33:9
Twelve stars in her crown: Rev 12:1
Twelve
stones: 1King 18:31
Twelve thousand sealed from each of twelve tribes of
Israel: Rev 7:5
Twelve thousand stadia, the height, length, and breadth of
the Heavenly Jerusalem. One stadia is about 606 feet. Each of the three
measurements equals 7,272,000 feet or 1377.27 miles: Rev 21:16
Twelve
thrones: Mt 19:28
Twelve tribes of Judah/Israel: 1Chron 2:1, Rev 7:4-8
Twelve wells at Elim: Ex 15:27
Twelve year hemorrhage: Mt 9:20
Twelve years of age: Lk 2:42
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