כִּ֤י יִרְאֶ֨ה ׀ חֲכָ֘מִ֤ים יָמ֗וּתוּ יַ֤חַד כְּסִ֣יל וָבַ֣עַר יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וְעָזְב֖וּ לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃
Sapagkat nakikita niya na ang mga marurunong ay namamatay; ang mangmang at ang hangal ay sama-samang napapahamak, at iniiwan nila sa iba ang kanilang kayamanan.
Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah
As soon as he feels death approaching, they should not separate themselves from him, lest his soul depart whilst he is alone.22Kol Bo. For the soul suffers grief when it has to leave the body alone. And it is a religious duty to stand near the [dying] person during the departure of the soul, as it is written,23Ps. XLIX, 10. 'That he should still live alway; that he should not see the pit. For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish etc.'24Hag. Alfasi ibid. — G.