Commentary for Bava Batra 234:2

מרגלים יהושע וכלב נטלו חלקם מתלוננים ועדת קרח לא היה להם חלק בארץ הבנים נטלו בזכות אבי אביהן ובזכות אבי אמותיהן

received his share among 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. ');">⁴</span> He [who] was of those who entered the land,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not of those who came out of Egypt. In the case, e.g., when a father died in Egypt, and his sons, who were minors at the Exodus, were (twenty years) of age when Canaan was entered; or in the case when one left Egypt as a minor and died on the way, while his sons who were born in the wilderness were of age when Canaan was entered; in either of these cases every one of the sons, since he entered Canaan when of age, received a share in the inheritance of the land among all the others who received their shares by virtue of their entry into the promised land. ');">⁵</span> received his share among those who entered the land.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who entered Canaan. ');">²</span> He who belonged to both categories,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from here and from here'. A case belonging to those who came out of Egypt as well as to those who entered Canaan. The case, e.g., of a father who was of age when the Exodus took place, dying in the wilderness, and his sons, who were born in the wilderness, entering Canaan when of age. In such a case, the sons take portions in the land by virtue of their own rights. since they were among those who entered Canaan, and also the portion to which their father is entitled as one who was among those who came out of Egypt. ');">⁶</span>

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