Commentary for Bava Batra 223:10

אמר אביי סוף סוף הא קא מתעקרא נחלה משבטא דאימא לשבטא דאבא

— He replied unto him: It cannot be said that Phinehas had bought [the land], for, if so, it would follow that the field must return in the jubilee year,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To its original owner. V. Lev. XXV, 13. In this year of the jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. ');">²³</span> and the righteous man<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eleazar. ');">²⁴</span> would thus be buried in a grave which was not his own.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it cannot be assumed that the field in which Phinehas had buried his father was a purchased one. ');">²⁵</span>

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