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**How to read the map** **How to read the map**
* The names of the tribes are in capital letters. * The names of the tribes are in capital letters. (Should these be Red?)
* The names of towns and cities are in lower case letters. * The names of towns and cities are in lower case letters.
* The names of seas, lakes, and rivers are blue. * The names of seas, lakes, and rivers are blue.
* The green areas are where there are plants and trees. * The map uses a different color for each tribe. (Can these colors be removed?)
* The brown areas are desert. * Outside of Israel, the green areas are where there are plants and trees.
* Outside of Israel, the brown areas are desert.
* The blue areas are seas and lakes. * The blue areas are seas and lakes.
* The blue lines are rivers. * The blue lines are rivers.
**The Tribes**
* 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 half of the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Gad and Reuben 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.