Commentary for Sotah 67:10

אמר רבי יצחק טורטני וטורטני דטורטני הא כיצד שמנה נשאו אשכל אחד נשא רימון ואחד נשא תאינה יהושע וכלב לא נשאו כלום אי בעית אימא משום דחשיבי ואי בעית אימא שלא היו באותה עצה

How was it? Eight [spies] carried the grape-cluster,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The weight of which would have been on this calculation 960 se'ahs, that is 8 times 120.] ');">¹⁸</span> one carried a pomegranate, one carried a fig, and Joshua and Caleb did not carry anything. If you wish I can say [that they did not carry anything] because they were the most distinguished of them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so it was beneath their dignity. ');">¹⁹</span>

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