Reference for Bava Batra 238:2
ואי סלקא דעתך ארץ ישראל מוחזקת מאי קא מסתפקא ליה
by means of the guilty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The announcement of the severe penalty of stoning for gathering sticks on the Sabbath was brought about by means of the guilty man who was the first to commit such an offence; v. Sanh. 8a. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> Now, if it be assumed [that] the land of Israel was [regarded as being even before the conquest] in the possession [of those who came out of Egypt]. why was he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Moses. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> in doubt?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely, Hepher, having been one of those who came out of Egypt, was by virtue of that fact in possession of his share even before the entry into Canaan, Zelophehad's daughters, therefore, through their father, were entitled to the double share due to the firstborn. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>