He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.

Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please allow us to pass through your land." But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.