EXOD176 Respect and sensitivity to sinners also requires not embarrassing them needlessly.… in Egypt, too, there were Jewish sinners and nonbelievers. (The majority of Jews, according to some opinions) who either did not want to leave Egypt or did not deserve to do so. In order not to publicly punish these people, God made sure they died in Egypt during the plague of darkness, so that no one would see them die or recognize why these people did not leave Egypt with the rest of the Jewish people.