2 Esdras 16:29-31

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²⁹ For ten shall be left out of a city, and two out of the field, those who have hidden themselves in thick groves and clefts in the rocks.^{(A) 30} Just as in an olive orchard three or four olives may be left on every tree,^{(B) 31} or just as, when a vineyard is gathered, some clusters may be left^[a] by those who search carefully through the vineyard,^(C)