Reuben and Gad at their own request occupied the region East of Jordan, together with half the tribe of Manasseh. West of Jordan the chief portions of the Southern and Central Country were given to Judah and Ephraim Benjamin and Dan had a strip of territory between Judah and Ephraim. The remaining half tribe o Manasseh lay North of Ephraim. That part of the Country afterwards lonown as Galilee belonged to Issachar, Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali. |