2 Esdras 7:7-9

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⁷ but the entrance to it is narrow and set in a precipitous place, so that there is fire on the right hand and deep water on the left.^{(A) 8} There is only one path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one person can walk on the path. ⁹ If now the city is given to someone as an inheritance, how will the heir receive the inheritance unless by passing through the appointed danger?”