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General Information:
Moses continues reminding the people of Israel what the previous generation of Israelites did.
They took
"The 12 men took"
took some of the produce of the land in their hands
"picked some of the produce of the land"
brought us word and said
The speaker speaks as if a "word" were a physical object that someone could bring. Alternate translation: "told us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
said, 'It is a good land that Yahweh our God is giving to us.'
The direct quotation can be translated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "said that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us was good"