Commentary for Bava Batra 243:2

ועוד תניא עתידה ארץ ישראל שתתחלק לשלשה עשר שבטים שבתחלה לא נתחלקה אלא לשנים עשר שבטים ולא נתחלקה אלא בכסף שנאמר בין רב למעט אמר רבי יהודה סאה ביהודה שוה חמש סאין בגליל

it was only divided among twelve tribes and was divided only according to monetary [values],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is at present assumed to mean that the one who received a share in which the land was worth more than the land of equal size in another share, had to pay the difference so as to equalise their respective monetary values. ');">⁴</span> as is said, whether many or few.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. This implies that the shares must in all cases be equal in value. ');">⁵</span> R. Judah said: A <i>se'ah</i> in Judaea is worth five <i>se'ah</i> in Galilee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Judah illustrates by example the meaning of 'according to monetary values.' [Cf. Josephus, Antiquities, V, 1-21:&nbsp;… Joshua thought the land for the tribes should be divided by estimation of its goodness&nbsp;… it often happening that one acre of some sort of land was equivalent to a thousand other acres.] ');">⁶</span>

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