Pinchas 26:55 · unit 1 — Yehoshua and Calev received outside the ordinary lot

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 26:55

The Complete Passuk

אַךְ־בְּגוֹרָל יֵחָלֵק אֶת־הָאָרֶץ לִשְׁמוֹת מַטּוֹת־אֲבֹתָם יִנְחָלוּ׃

But by lot shall the land be divided; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

Chabad.org — 26:55

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Bava Basra 122a

Sefaria — Bava Basra 122a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
יָצְאוּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָלֵב, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר וַיִּתְּנוּ לְכָלֵב אֶת חֶבְרוֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳… עַל פִּי ה׳ נָתְנוּ לוֹ אֶת הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר שָׁאָל.

English: Yehoshua and Calev are excluded [from ordinary lot]; and so it says they gave Calev Chevron as Hashem had spoken… by the mouth of Hashem they gave him the city he asked for.

Type of Learning

Exception to the lot for special individuals.

What Is Learned

Certain grants were by explicit divine word, not by the general lottery.