2 Esdras 5:16–19
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16Now on the second night Phaltiel, a chief of the people, came to me and said, “Where have you been? And why is your face sad?* 17Or do you not know that Israel has been entrusted to you in the land of their exile? 18Rise therefore and eat some bread, and do not forsake us like a shepherd who leaves the flock in the power of savage wolves.”*
19Then I said to him, “Go away from me and do not come near me for seven days; then you may come to me.”
He heard what I said and left me.*
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