Comentario citado sobre Deuteronómio 2:3

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS WHEN THOU SHALL BREAK LOOSE in thy suffering on account of Jacob’s transgression,²³⁹Specifically, the transgression of the command, Contend not with them, as is explained further on. THEN THOU SHALT SHAKE HIS YOKE FROM OFF THY NECK. This is an indication to Israel that they should not contend with the children of Esau too much in order to do them evil. This is what Scripture commanded: Take ye good heed, contend not with them, etc.²⁴⁰Deuteronomy 2:4-5. referring to the children of Esau in the land of Se’ir. And so did our Rabbis²⁴¹Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah, I, 1. say: “For Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom.²⁴²I Kings 11:16. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to David, ‘I said, Contend not with them, and you did contend. By your life, these six months will not accrue to you and your reign.’ We know this was fulfilled since it is written, And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years,²⁴³Ibid., 2:11. but in truth he reigned six more months, as it is written, In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months.”²⁴⁴II Samuel 5:5. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years for a total of forty years and six months. Yet he is credited with only forty years. The Rabbis also said,²⁴⁵Devarim Rabbah 1:15. “The Holy One, blessed be He, said to David, ‘Thy hands are sharp and pointed, and I seek to rule my world with them, etc’”²⁴⁶The Midrash concludes: “Moses your teacher has already desired to confront them, and I told him, ‘It is sufficient for you.’” (Deuteronomy 2:3).