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, so that you may not forsake us, like a shepherd who leaves his flock in the power of cruel wolves.”
19Then I said to him, “Depart from me and do not come near me for seven days, and then you may come to me.”
He heard what I said and left me.
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