ויקחו בידם מפרי הארץ - א"ר שמעון: עלובים בני אדם שכך נטלו בידם, כאדם שנוטל באיסר תאנים באיסר ענבים כך נטלו בידם:
(Devarim 1:25) "And they took in their hand from the fruit of the land": R. Shimon said: Shameful are these men who took in their hand (such luxuriant fruits [to downgrade their worth]) as one would take in his hand an issar's worth of figs or grapes.