“ Take twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,

“你从民中要拣选十二个人，每支派一人，

“你要从百姓中选出十二个人，每支派一人，

“你要从百姓中选出十二个人，每支派一人，

“你去从民众中选出十二个人，每支派选一人，

“你要从人民中选十二个人，每支派一人，

「你從民中要揀選十二個人，每支派一人，

「你要從百姓中選出十二個人，每支派一人，

「你要從百姓中選出十二個人，每支派一人，

「你去從民眾中選出十二個人，每支派選一人，

“你要從人民中選十二個人，每支派一人，

『你們要從人民中取十二個人，各族派一人各族派一人。

當於民中簡十二人、每支派一人、

宜簡以色列族各支派中十有二人、

當於民中擇十二人、每支派一人、

“ Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

“ Choose 12 men from among the people. Choose one from each tribe.

“ Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

“ Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

“ Choose twelve men from the people, one man for each tribe,

“ Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

“ Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe,

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

“ Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

“ Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

“ Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”

The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.

You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying,“ Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying,“ Israel shall be your name.”