Joshua 4:2

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

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: