[Avodah] meraglim

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

when the meraglim were punished, for what part of the message was it?

ie when the tora says they said dibat haaretz, is the implication that
everything prior to that was a legitimate reaction? had there been no
dibah, it would have been ok?

i am having trouble seeing what was different in the pasuk that was
dibah compared to the prior part of their response.....