So they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had scouted, saying, “The land we passed through to scout out devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are men of great size.
In context
30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession of it, for we are well able to overcome it.” 31But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.” 32So they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had scouted, saying, “The land we passed through to scout out devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are men of great size. 33There we saw the Nephilim — the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim — and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”