English: “We were in our eyes as grasshoppers, and so we were…” — Rav Mesharshiya said: The spies were liars. Granted “we were in our eyes as grasshoppers” — that is fine; but “and so we were in their eyes” — how did they know?
Type of Learning
Challenge to a claim that requires knowing another’s mind.
What Is Learned
Reporting what the giants thought of them is treated as an unverified, false addition to their fear.