ii. Immediately north of Issachar was the allotment of ZEBULUN, extending from the _Sea of Chinnereth_[167] (afterwards _the Lake of Gennesareth_) on the east, towards the Mediterranean on the west. Besides the fertile plain near the fisheries of the lake, this tribe possessed the _goings out_ (Deut. xxxiii. 18), the outlet of the plain of Akka, where it could _suck of the abundance of the seas_. iii. The land of NAPHTALI stretched from the Sea of Chinnereth to the valley which separates the ranges of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, and was one of the most densely wooded districts of the country; its forests surpassed even those of Carmel, and the land has been described as a “natural park of oaks and terebinths.” Its soil also was rich and fertile, _full with the blessing of the Lord_ (Deut. xxxiii. 23). iv. To the West of Naphtali and resting on the sea-shore was the lot of the tribe of ASHER. It was an important position, including the creeks and harbours (Judg. v. 17, 18) on the coast, and commanding all approaches to Palestine from the sea on the north. Its soil was pre-eminently fertile, and well fulfilled the blessings of Jacob and Moses. Here Asher could dip his foot in the _oil_ of his luxuriant olive-groves (Deut. xxxiii. 24), fatten on the _bread_, the fruit of his rich plains, and the _royal dainties_ (Gen. xlix. 20), the produce of his vineyards and pastures, while _for_ or _under his shoes_ (Deut. xxxiii. 25) was the _iron_ ore of Lebanon, and the _brass_, or copper, of the neighbouring Phœnician settlements[168]. One tribe alone received no share in this allotment. Like Simeon, but in a different sense, the tribe of LEVI was to be _divided in Jacob and scattered in Israel_ (Gen. xlix. 7). Devoted to the service of the sanctuary and sacrificial and other ministrations, this tribe depended for its maintenance on the tithes of the produce of land and cattle (Num. xviii.); but besides this, from each tribe, four cities and their suburban pastures, or forty-eight in all, were set apart for it, and amongst these were included the _six cities of Refuge_, three on each side of the Jordan, _On the West._ 1. _Kedesh_ in Naphtali. 2. _Shechem_ in Mt Ephraim. 3. _Hebron_ in Judah. _On the East._ 4. _Golan_ in Bashan. 5. _Ramoth-Gilead_ in Gad. 6. _Bezer_ in Reuben.