Bava Batra

GEMARA. Our Mishnah thus agrees  with [the opinion of] him who said [that] the land [of Canaan] was divided according 'to those who came out of Egypt.  For it was taught: R. Josiah said: The land [of Canaan] was divided according to those who came out' of Egypt,  for it is said, according to the names of the tribes of their fathers  they shall inherit.  To what, however, may [the verse], Unto these  the land shall be divided for an inheritance,  he applied? — Unto these, [means] 'like these',  excluding the minors.  R. Jonathan said: The land was divided according to those who entered the land,  for it is said. Unto these  the land shall be divided for an inheritance.  To what, however, may, according to the tales of the tribes of their fathers  they shall inherit, he applied? — [To the following:] This [manner of] inheritance is different from all [other modes of] inheritance  in the world; for, in [the case of] all [other] successions in the world, the living are heirs to the dead but, in this case, the dead were heirs to the living.  Rabbi said: I will give you an example to which this thing may be compared. To two brothers, priests, who were in one town. One had one son and the other had two sons, and these went to the threshing-floor.  He who has one son receives one portion, and the one who has two sons receives two portions. They  [then] return [with the three portions] to their father,  and re-divide [the total] in equal shares. R. Simeon b. Eleazar said: