Commentary for Bava Batra 243:4

הא כיצד אלעזר מלובש אורים ותומים ויהושע וכל ישראל עומדים לפניו וקלפי של שבטים וקלפי של תחומין מונחין לפניו

of the lot;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 56. ');">¹⁰</span> how [could] this [be done]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If by lot, why the Urim and Tumim? If by the latter what was the use of the former? ');">¹¹</span> — Eleazar was wearing the Urim and Tumim, while Joshua and all Israel stood before him. An urn [containing the names] of the [twelve] tribes, and an urn containing descriptions] of the boundaries were placed before him. Animated by the Holy Spirit, he gave directions, exclaiming: 'Zebulun' is coming up and the boundary lines of Acco are coming up with it. [Thereupon], he shook well the urn<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Rashb. Rashi renders, 'he hastily took up a (ballot).' ');">¹²</span>

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