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Yussel:

He is referring to anachronistic psukim in the Torah, that is, psukim that contain facts or statements that are difficult to understand from a chronological standpoint. The twelve refers to the last twelve psukim in the Torah, following the end of the bircas hashvatim. It seems that the Ibn Ezra had an explanation for these difficulties that he was unwilling to reveal.