en_map/Tribes_of_Israel/Annotation.md

**How to read the map**  
* The names of larger regions are red with uppercase letters.
* The names of smaller regions are black with uppercase letters.
* The names of towns and cities are black with lowercase letters.
* The names of seas, lakes, and rivers are blue with uppercase letters.

**Notes about this Map**

**The Tribes**   
* The names of the tribes are in black upper case letters.   
* Ten of the tribes were named after Jacob's sons. 
* The tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim were named after the sons of Jacob's son Joseph. 

**The Land**  
* Most of the tribes of Israel settled to the west of the Jordan River.
* Only the tribes of Gad and Reuben and half of the tribe of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan River.
* The tribe of Levi did not receive a large piece of land. Instead they were given towns in the land of each of the other tribes.