Seeing With The Heart

The heart and the eyes are scouts for the body and are the agents leading it to transgress. The eyes see and the heart desires, and the body commits the transgressions.” Later Rashi cites Midrash Tanhuma (Shelah, 15), apparently wishing to intimate that the occurrence of the same root in these two parts of the weekly reading indicates a moral connection between the subject matter of each section: the scouts were not just touring the land, they were following the inclinations of their hearts and eyes.