Commentary for Bava Batra 243:12

ולא נתחלקה אלא בגורל שנאמר אך בגורל תנא אך בגורל יצאו יהושע וכלב למאי אילימא דלא שקול כלל השתא דלאו דידהו שקול דידהו מיבעיא אלא שלא נטלו בגורל אלא ע"פ ה' יהושע דכתיב (יהושע יט, נ) על פי ה' נתנו לו את העיר אשר שאל את תמנת סרח בהר אפרים

If it be suggested that they did not take [any portion] at all, [it might be retorted], 'if<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'now/. ');">³²</span> they took [that] which was not theirs<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The portion of the spies etc. V. supra 118b. ');">³³</span> could there be any question [as to whether they should take] what was theirs? — But [this means], that they did not receive [their shares] by lot but by the command of the Lord. 'Joshua'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What evidence is there that Joshua received his share by the command of the Lord and not by lot? ');">³⁴</span> — for it is written, According to the commandment of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh. XIX, 50. ');">³⁵</span>

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