Now that the rebellious generation has died off, the next generation is poised and ready to send them into the promised land. In Deuteronomy, Moses leads the people into a covenant with God (structured like a treaty that was common in their day). In this covenant he retells the works that God did in the past, instructs them in the ways of the covenant (how they should live), and exhorts them with blessings for obedience and curses for rebellion. He then prepares a succession plan and appoints Joshua as the new leader shortly before his death on Mt. Nebo.