Presenting several of the six questions on how the land was divided when the Children of Israel came to the land of Israel — from Rav Pappa to Abaye. Also, as an interruption to those six cases, an interlude that pays attention to the righteous conduct of Yehoshua (Joshua) and Kalev (Caleb) who inherited the portions of the land of the other spies (who spoke ill of the land). Plus, an example of the premise that biblical verses are interpreted to teach different things when they otherwise might be seen to be redundant.

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