Gen 35:22, Exo 28:21, 1Ki 18:31, Act 26:7, Jam 1:1, Rev 7:4 | ESV | STEP | While Israel lived in that land , Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine . And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve .

Genesis 35:22

22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and ^alay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Exodus 28:21

21 There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

1 Kings 18:31

31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, ^b“Israel shall be your name,”

Acts 26:7

7 ^cto which ^dour twelve tribes hope to ^eattain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope ^fI am accused by Jews, O king!

James 1:1

Greeting

1 ^gJames, a servant ^{▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} of God and ⁱof the Lord Jesus Christ,

To ^jthe twelve tribes in ^kthe Dispersion:

Greetings.

Revelation of John 7:4

4 And ^lI heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: