No Witness Against Her Now but God Will Witness Later

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Nasso 12:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Numbers 5:13:) AND THERE IS NO WITNESS AGAINST HER. Even though she has none now, she has one after a time. In a similar matter you say (Genesis 11:30): AND SARAI WAS BARREN; SHE HAD NO CHILD. Even though she had none then, she had one after a time, as it is said (Genesis 21:1): AND THE LORD VISITED SARAH. In a similar matter you say (Esther 2:10): ESTHER HAD NOT TOLD. Even though she had not told him then, she told him after a time, as it is said (Esther 8:1): AND MORDECAI CAME BEFORE THE KING, FOR ESTHER HAD TOLD WHAT HE WAS TO HER. And here too (Numbers 5:13): AND THERE IS NO WITNESS AGAINST HER. Even though she has none now, she has one after a time, as it is said (Malachi 3:5): AND I WILL BE A SWIFT WITNESS [AGAINST THE SORCERERS AND AGAINST THE ADULTERERS].

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