Elohim delineated the bounds of the Promised Land to Abraham circa 2000 b. c. in the book of Genesis, so the Israelites enslaved in Egypt five centuries later knew where they were bound, the only question when they would get there, that answer provided by Moses when the Exodus out of Egypt began. Moses was not allowed to set foot in the Promised Land, that role filled by Yehoshua (Joshua), foreshadowing the coming of the Messiah who happens to have the same name, Yeshua (Jesus).
