Question: who took the israelites into the promised land
Answer: The Twelve Spies ( Hebrew : שנים עשר המרגלים ) , as recorded in the Book of Numbers , were a group of Israelite chieftains , one from each of the Twelve Tribes , who were dispatched by Moses to scout out the Land of Canaan for 40 days as a future home for the Israelite people , during the time when the Israelites were in the wilderness following their Exodus from Ancient Egypt .