1 Kings 18:31
18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the
Lord had said, “Israel will be your new
name.”
Luke 22:30
22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit
on thrones judging
the twelve tribes of Israel.
James 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!
Revelation 7:4-8
7:4 Now
I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal,
one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all
the tribes of the people of Israel:
7:5 From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,
7:6 from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,
7:7 from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,
7:8 from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.
Revelation 21:12
21:12 It has
a massive, high wall
with twelve gates,
with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel
are written on the gates.