Technically, they didn't. The delay was imposed by God, because the Israelites weren't sufficiently confident in God's promise to help them take the Holy Land (Numbers ch.13-14). See also:The complaints in the wilderness
It took the Israelite a total of 40 years to reach the promised land.
The children of the Israelites who were brought out of Egypt.
Israelites
Because Moses had died.
No. Miriam was Moses older sister and Moses had died before the Israelites 40 years in the desert were over.
God promised to send the Israelites to the Promised Land (Canna, or Palestine). They walked 40 years in the desert with Moses (though he never made it to the Promised Land, he died when they could see it in the distance and Joshua took over).
The city was Jerusalem.
According to the Bible, Joshua was the first to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses died.
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.
That answer would be...Judges!!
The book of Yehoshua (Joshua), which speaks of the conquest of the land of Canaan by the Jewish people.