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# they spread around ... They said
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Here "they" refers to all of the men who examined the land except for Caleb and Joshua.
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# the land that they had examined
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Here "they" refers to all of the men who examined the land including Caleb and Joshua.
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# a land that eats up its inhabitants
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The men speak of the land, or the people of the land, being very dangerous as if the land ate up people. AT: "a very dangerous land" or "a land where the people will kill us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Anak
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This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# In our own sight ... in their sight
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Here sight represents evaluation and judgement. AT: "In our own opinion ... in their opinion" or "In our own judgement ... in their judgement" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them
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The men speak of grasshoppers to show how very small they thought themselves to be compared to the people of the land. AT: "we are as small as grasshoppers in comparison with them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]]) |