"12 is the end off a cycle (life cycle)13 is rebirth .A sacrifice is often needed in rituals(execution)most often taking place between 12:00am and 3:00am (time of death and spirits).Modern execution chambers today hold and inmate in a cell 13 steps from the execution chamber. Old prisons cells had 13 bars."
If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. This allows for a good average drop distance and a cleanly broken neck as well as ease of body removal, which hangs close to the ground.
"12 is the end off a cycle (life cycle)13 is rebirth .A sacrifice is often needed in rituals(execution)most often taking place between 12:00am and 3:00am (time of death and spirits).Modern execution chambers today hold and inmate in a cell 13 steps from the execution chamber. Old prisons cells had 13 bars."
https://www.answers.com/Q/Why_13_steps_on_the_gallows
If you look closely at old photos of public hangings, you will often count 13 steps to the gallows. This allows for a good average drop distance and a cleanly broken neck as well as ease of body removal, which hangs close to the ground.
https://findery.com/MadameSpooky/notes/13-steps-to-the-gallows
Biblically 12 is government or administration .
12 apostles, 12 tribes of Israel, 12, 12 judges of Israel (ot). Lots of 12s