וְעַתָּ֞ה לֵ֣ךְ ׀ נְחֵ֣ה אֶת־הָעָ֗ם אֶ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ לָ֔ךְ הִנֵּ֥ה מַלְאָכִ֖י יֵלֵ֣ךְ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וּבְי֣וֹם פָּקְדִ֔י וּפָקַדְתִּ֥י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם חַטָּאתָֽם׃
Ngayon nga, humayo ka, pangunahan mo ang bayan patungo sa lugar na sinabi Ko sa iyo. Narito, ang Aking anghel ay mangunguna sa iyo. Ngunit sa araw na Ako'y magpaparusa, parurusahan Ko sila dahil sa kanilang kasalanan.”
Zohar
R. Eleazar asked: ‘Why should he die? Cannot God separate them and let the other come and give her to him?’ He replied: ‘This is the kindness that God does with a man, that he should not see his wife in the hand of another. is not deserving, even though the woman is his by rights, the other is not removed to make way for him.