2 Esdras 16:28-30

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁸ 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. ²⁹ Just as in an olive orchard three or four olives may be left on every tree, ³⁰ or just as, when a vineyard is gathered, some clusters may be left^[a] by those who search carefully through the vineyard,