Bava Batra 122A

תא שמע: ״בין רב למעט״.

The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof. The verse states: “According to the lot should their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer” (Numbers 26:56). Evidently, whether the tribe had many or few people, the tribe as a whole received a portion equal to that of every other tribe, and each individual within the tribe received a different amount of land than those in other tribes.

ועוד, תניא: עתידה ארץ ישראל שתתחלק לשלשה עשר שבטים ⁠– שבתחלה לא נתחלקה אלא לשנים עשר שבטים. ולא נתחלקה אלא בכסף ⁠– שנאמר: ״בין רב למעט״. אמר רבי יהודה: סאה ביהודה, שוה חמש סאין בגליל.

And another proof can be seen from that which is taught in a baraita: Eretz Yisrael is destined to be divided among 13 tribes during the messianic era, unlike the division in the time of Joshua. As, initially the land was divided only among 12 tribes, as the Torah does not allot a portion to the tribe of Levi. The baraita continues: And the land was divided only with money, such that each tribe that received a portion more valuable than average compensated another tribe that had received a portion less valuable than average, as it is stated: “Between the more and the fewer.” R' Yehuda said: The area of land whose yield is a se’a of grain in Judea is so valuable that it is equal in value to the area necessary to produce 5 se’a of grain in the Galilee.

ולא נתחלקה אלא בגורל ⁠– שנאמר: ״אך בגורל״. ולא נתחלקה אלא באורים ותומים ⁠– שנאמר: ״על פי הגורל״.

The baraita continues: And the land was divided only by a lottery, as it is stated: “Only by lot should the land be divided” (Numbers 26:55). And the land was divided only with the Urim VeTummim, as it is stated: “By the pronouncement of the lot” (Numbers 26:56).