Exodus 28:21

28:21 The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of ¹  their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like ²  the engravings of a seal.

Leviticus 24:5

24:5 “You must take choice wheat flour ³  and bake twelve loaves; ⁴  there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in ⁵  each loaf,

Numbers 17:2

17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, ⁶  one from every tribal leader, ⁷  twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

Joshua 4:2-3

4:2 “Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe. 4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ⁸  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Joshua 4:8-9

4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there. 4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ⁹  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

Joshua 4:20

4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the ¹⁰  twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

Joshua 4:1

Israel Commemorates the Crossing

4:1 When the entire nation was on the other side, ¹¹  the Lord told Joshua,

Joshua 11:1

Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition

11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor ¹²  heard the news, he organized a coalition, including ¹³  King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

Ezra 6:17

6:17 For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:30

22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit ¹⁴  on thrones judging ¹⁵  the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 21:14

21:14 The ¹⁶  wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

[28:21]  ¹ tn For clarity the words “the number of” have been supplied.

[28:21]  ² tn The phrase translated “the engravings of a seal” is an adverbial accusative of manner here.

[24:5]  ³ sn See the note on Lev 2:1.

[24:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and bake it twelve loaves”; KJV, NAB, NASB “cakes.”

[24:5]  ⁵ tn The words “of flour” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[17:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”

[17:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

[4:9]  ⁹ tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[4:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.

[4:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

[11:1]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he sent to.”

[22:30]  ¹⁷ tn This verb is future indicative, and thus not subordinate to “grant” (διατίθεμαι, diatiqemai) as part of the result clause beginning with ἵνα ἔσθητε ({ina esqhte) at the beginning of v. 30. It is better understood as a predictive future.

[22:30]  ¹⁸ sn The statement you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel looks at the future authority the Twelve will have when Jesus returns. They will share in Israel’s judgment.

[21:14]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.