Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Biblical examples:<br />
The 12 Princes of Ishmael (Gen 17:20)<br />
The 12 Sons of Jacob (Gen 35:22)<br />
The 12 Tribes of Israel (Gen 49:28)<br />
The 12 Prophets and Kings of Israel<br />
The 12 Wells of Water (Exd 15:27)<br />
The 12 Pillars of the Lord (Exd 24:4)<br />
The 12 Stones of the Breastplate (Exd 39:14)<br />
The 12 Cakes of the Tabernacle (Lev 24:5)<br />
The 12 Princes of Israel (Num 1:44)<br />
The 12 Oxen of the Tabernacle (Num 7:3)<br />
The 12 Chargers of Silver, Bowls of Silver and Spoons of Gold (Num 7:84)<br />
The 12 Bullocks, Rams, Lambs and Kids of the Offering (Num 7:87)<br />
The 12 Rods of the Princes of Israel (Num 17:6)<br />
The 12 Stones of Joshua (Jos 4:8)<br />
The 12 Cities (Jos 18:24, 19:25, 21:7, 21:40)<br />
The 12 Judges of Israel (Jdg 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13)<br />
The 12 Pieces of the Concubine (Jdg 19:29)<br />
The 12 Servants of David (2 Sa 2:15)<br />
The 12 Officers of Solomon (1 Ki 4:7)<br />
The 12 Lions of Solomon (1 Ki 10:20)<br />
The 12 Pieces of Jeroboam‘s Garment (1 Ki 11:30)<br />
The 12 Stones of Elijah (1 Ki 18:31)<br />
The 12 Bronze Bulls of Solomon (Jer 52:20)<br />
The 12 Disciples/Apostles of Jesus (Mt 10:1-2)<br />
The 12 Baskets of Bread (Mt 14:20)<br />
The 12 Thrones in Heaven (Mt 19:28)<br />
The 12 Legions of Angels (Mt 26:53)<br />
The 12 Patriarchs of Israel (Acts 7:8)<br />
The 12 Stars of the Woman‘s Crown (Rev 12:1)<br />
The 12 Gates, Angels and Pearls of Holy Jerusalem (Rev 21:12, 21)<br />
The 12 Fruits of the Tree of Life (Rev 22:2)<br />
Pagan examples:<br />
The 12 Ahhazu or Demons of the Sumerians 238<br />
The 12 Tablets/Adventures of Gilgamesh 239<br />
The 12 Gods of Egypt 240<br />
The 12 Divisions of the Tuat 241<br />
The 12 Companions of Horus/Osiris<br />
The 12 Olympian Gods<br />
The 12 Tasks of Hercules<br />
The 12 Daughters of Priam 242<br />
The 12 Children of Amphion and Niobe 243<br />
The 12 Daughters of Boeotia and Metope 244<br />
The 12 Gods of the Romans and Etruscans<br />
The 12 Sons of the Etruscan Mother Goddess 245<br />
238 Turner, 28.<br />
239 Encyclopedia Britannica, XII, 19.<br />
240 See Murdock, CIE, 262, et seq.; Turner, 177.<br />
241 Turner, 3.<br />
242 Turner, 389.<br />
243 Turner, 47.<br />
244 Turner, 74.<br />
245 Turner, 10.