Genesis 49:28
49:28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.
Exodus 24:4
24:4 and Moses wrote down all the words of the
Lord. Early in the morning he built
an altar at the foot
of the mountain and arranged
twelve standing stones
– according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus 24:2
24:2 Moses alone may come
near the
Lord, but the others
must not come near,
nor may the people go up with him.”
Exodus 17:1
Water at Massa and Meribah
17:1 The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the Desert of Sin according to the Lord’s instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink.
Philippians 3:5
3:5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
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.