for answer see related question; http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_the_Hebrew_God_commanded_his_chosen_people_to_destroy_men_simply_for_the_crime_of_defending_their_native_land_Canaan
Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan.
Canaan (Israel) is the land that God promised to Abraham (Genesis ch.17), to Isaac (Genesis ch.26), to Jacob (Genesis ch.28), and to Jacob's descendants the Israelites (Exodus ch.6). The promise was fulfilled when Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (Joshua ch.3-4) and they inherited it.
The book of Yehoshua (Joshua), which speaks of the conquest of the land of Canaan by the Jewish people.
Canaan
The Israelite s left Egypt for Canaan.
In The Bible, the Israelites wandered for forty years before they entered Canaan.In history, on the other hand, there was no Exodus from Egypt and no militiary conquest of Canaan as described in the Bible. The Israelites did not travel from Egypt to Canaan.
Famine.
The Exodus?
Joshua.
God is willing to provide freedom. That is why.
a long drought began in canaan , so the Israelites had to move to where to survive
Canaan.