# they spread around ... They said

Here "they" refers to all of the men who examined the land except for Caleb and Joshua.

# the land that they had examined

Here "they" refers to all of the men who examined the land including Caleb and Joshua.

# a land that eats up its inhabitants

The men speak of the land, or the people of the land, being very dangerous as if the land ate up people. Alternate translation: "a very dangerous land" or "a land where the people will kill us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])