Commentary for Bava Batra 235:4

בשלמא למאן דאמר ליוצאי מצרים היינו דקא צווחן בני יוסף דכתיב (יהושע יז, יד) וידברו בני יוסף אלא למאן דאמר לבאי הארץ מאי קא צווחי כולהו שקול

to, and [their right] of taking [a share] in the possessions of Hepher.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The inheritance having reverted to Hepher, all his sons, or (if dead) his grandsons would be entitled to have equal shares in it. If Zelophehad had a son he would have received an equal share with his father's brothers, plus the additional share of the firstborn. Since Zelophehad had no son, his daughters rightly claimed those shares. ');">⁶</span> According to him who said that [the land was divided] in accordance with [the number of] those that come out of Egypt, one can well understand why the sons of Joseph complained; as it is written, And the children of Joseph spoke;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh. XVII, 14. They were at that time numerous and required large tracts of land, but what they actually received was too small for them, since it corresponded to the small number of their ancestors who lived at the time of the Exodus. ');">⁷</span>

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