Derasha 3 on Metzora 14:34

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:34

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה וְנָתַתִּי֙ נֶ֣גַע צָרַ֔עַת בְּבֵ֖ית אֶ֥רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Yoma 12a (verified on the daf).

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לַאֲחֻזָּה — עַד שֶׁיִּכְבְּשׁוּ אוֹתָהּ. כָּבְשׁוּ אוֹתָהּ וְלֹא חִלְּקוּהָ לַשְּׁבָטִים, חִלְּקוּהָ לַשְּׁבָטִים וְלֹא חִלְּקוּהָ לְבָתֵּי אָבוֹת, חִלְּקוּהָ לְבָתֵּי אָבוֹת וְאֵין כָּל אֶחָד מַכִּיר אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וּבָא אֲשֶׁר לוֹ הַבַּיִת, מִי שֶׁמְּיֻחָד לוֹ, יָצְאוּ אֵלּוּ שֶׁאֵין מְיֻחָדִין לוֹ.

English: “As a possession” — until they conquer it. [Even after] they conquered it but have not yet divided it among the tribes, or divided it among the tribes but not among the ancestral houses, or divided it among the ancestral houses but each person does not yet recognize his own — whence [do we know these are excluded]? From the verse “and the one to whom the house belongs shall come” — one to whom it is uniquely his; these [stages] in which it is not yet uniquely his are excluded.

Type of Learning

Requirement of individual ownership

What Is Learned

Chazal require that the house be under clear individual ownership before the laws of negaim apply; collective or unallocated stages are excluded.