Commentary for Bava Batra 235:5
משום טפלים דהוו נפישי להו
but according to him who said [that the division was made] in accordance with [the number of] those that entered the land, why did they complain? Surely all of them had received [their respective shares]! — [They complained] on account of the many minors<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Minors under twenty at the time of the entry into Canaan were not included in the number of those who received shares in the land. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> they had [in their tribe].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Cf. Gen. XLIX, 22: Joseph is a fruitful vine (R. Gersh.)] ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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