Commentary for Bava Batra 234:1
לאלו ולאלו נתחלקה הארץ כדי לקיים שני מקראות הללו הא כיצד היה מיוצאי מצרים נוטל חלקו עם יוצאי מצרים היה מבאי הארץ נוטל חלקו עם באי הארץ מכאן ומכאן נוטל חלקו מכאן ומכאן
The land was divided according to these<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those who came out of Egypt. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> and according to those,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who entered Canaan. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> in order to carry out [the injunctions in] those two verses.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVI, 53 and 55. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> How [was] this effected? — He [who] was of those who came out of Egypt<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not among those who entered Canaan. If, e.g., he was twenty years of age when the Exodus took place, and he died before Canaan was reached, while his sons born on the way, in the wilderness, were still minors when Canaan was entered. In such a case the sons, as his heirs, divide between themselves the share to which he is entitled as one of those who were of age when the departure from Egypt took place. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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