twelve men
Joshua 3:12
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Numbers 1:4-15
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And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
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Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
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Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
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Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
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Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
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Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
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Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 13:2
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
Numbers 34:18
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Deuteronomy 1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
1 Kings 18:31
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:
Matthew 10:1-5
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And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
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Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: