The Land of Israel: Land of Our Heritage: The Division of the Land among the Tribes:
How was the land divided among the twelve tribes?
The Talmud (Bava Basra 122a) says that the division of the land
was done by lot, using the Urim ve-Tumim. This was a Divinely
controlled mechanism, so there was no doubt of its being fair
and equitable.
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