Bible Verses About The Tribes of Israel: Were twelve in number

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.