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When God delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians at the Red Sea, He explained to the Israelites: "I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan."-Lev. 25:38.
He (God) commanded that the inhabits of the land to be destroyed. (this is what is stated in The Bible)
The Hebrews believed that God made the Earth and Man and assigned people to the various areas around the globe. The Hebrews believed that the whole of the Earth, not just the Promised Land, was God's and His to do with as He saw fit... including taking it away from the Canaanites and giving it to the Hebrews... which is what Abraham had been promised.
The land of Canaan, today called Israel.
See also:Facts about Israel (and the links at the end of the Answer)
The conflict over Israel (and the links there too)
Essentially the "Promised Land" was the land of the Canaanites, but its extent varied in different parts of the Bible. At its most ambitious, the Bible described it as all the land from the Nile River to the Euphrates River. Another description of the Promised Land was that land that could be seen when looking across the Jordan River from the top of a mountain east of the River.
The "spies narrative" in Exodus also suggests that, for the early people of Judah, the Promised Land was no greater in size than the kingdom of Judah itself, a small enclave surrounding the city of Jerusalem.
In the beginning the land the hebrew people belived was the land god had promised them from the leadership of Moses and then Joshua , was The Promised Land or land of the Canaanites.
The Promised Land, also called the Holy Land, was the land of Canaan; later named Israel.
Canaan (today called Israel).
Isreal, what 80% of wars are faught over
The land promised to the people was Canaan.
The land of Israel.
According to The Bible, it was the land that God had promised to Abraham.
God wants people to be faithful and just and this can be done anywhere.
Moses led the Israelites through the desert for more than 40 years, but it was actually Joshua who led them into the Promise Land because Moses had disobeyed God and was forbidden to enter.
This is the Promise God made to father Abraham - the land of Canaan:Genesis 12:1New King James Version (NKJV) Genesis 12Promises to Abram1 Now the LORD had said to Abram:"Get out of your country,From your familyAnd from your father's house,To a land that I will show you.
Canaan (קנען), later called the Land of Israel (ארץ ישראל), then Judea & Israel (יהודה וישראל), then Israel (ישראל), then Palestine (פלשטינה), then the State of Israel (מדינת ישראל).
Israel
The land which is within present-day Israel, with roughly the same borders. See Numbers ch.34.
God promised the promised land to the Israelites.
It was different from the religions around it, because the Hebrews believed in one God above all others.
The promised land that God had promised to the Isrealites was named Canaan.