Reference for Bava Batra 243:8

קתני מיהת שבתחלה לא נתחלקה אלא לשנים עשר שבטים שמע מינה לשבטים איפלוג שמע מינה

R. Papa said to Abaye: Might it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The verse from Ezekiel quoted. ');">²¹</span> not be said [to refer] merely [to] public service?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which subjects render to their chief. [Or, 'as day-labourer'. Levy, s.v. [H], v. Fleischer's note, a.l.]. What proof, then, is there for the statement that the prince was given a special share in the land? ');">²²</span> — This cannot be assumed at all,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it does not enter your mind. ');">²³</span>

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