twelve

Isaac Kremer/ July 3, 2024/ / 0 comments

A number symbolical of the sons of Jacob, tribes of Israel, Apostles, stones of the altar, pillars, months, signs of the zodiac, Minor Prophets, sibyls, gates of Jerusalem, fruits of the Tree of Life (Rev. 22), men and stones of Joshua, oxen or bullocks or lambs or goats of the sacrifice, cities, princes of Israel, baskets of bread at the feast of the 5,000, thrones, legions of angels, stars in the Woman’s crown, foundations of the Holy City, Epistles of St. Paul, and twelve truths connected with the suffering and death of our Lord, etc. (Webber, 1927)