2 Esdras 16:28-30

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²⁸ a person will long to see another human or even to hear a human voice. 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)