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The twelve

This refers to the eleven apostles plus Matthias, who was selected in Acts 1:26

the multitude of the disciples

"all of the disciples" or "all the believers"

give up the word of God

"stop preaching and teaching the word of God"

serve tables

This is a phrase meaning to serve food to the people.