Commentary for Bava Batra 242:12

איבעיא להו ארץ ישראל לשבטים איפלוג או דלמא לקרקף גברי איפלוג

is deduced from 'and upward'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVII, 7. ');">⁴⁰</span> [in the section] of valuations,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. vv. 2ff. ');">⁴¹</span> as there, [one] over sixty years of age is like [one] under twenty years of age,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In both cases (under twenty and over sixty) the valuation is lower than that for the ages of twenty to sixty. ');">⁴²</span> so here, one over sixty years of age is like one [who is] under twenty years of age.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As those under twenty were not subject to the penalty of the decree so were not those over sixty. Ahijah, even though he did not belong to the tribe of Levi, having been over sixty at the Exodus, was not subjected to the decree, and could, therefore, enter the land. ');">⁴³</span> The question was raised: Was the land of Israel divided according to the [number of the] tribes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each tribe taking a twelfth of the land and, then, subdividing it in accordance with the number of its men. ');">⁴⁴</span> or was it, perhaps divided according to the [number of the] head[s] of the men?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The entire land being divided into as many shares as there were men. ');">⁴⁵</span>

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