2 Esdras 14:36

36 But let no one approach me now or come looking for me for forty days."

2 Esdras 14:36 In-Context

34 If then you will rule your mind and instruct your heart, you will be kept alive, and after death you will attain mercy.

35 Judgment comes after death, when we are restored to life, and then the names of the just will appear and the deeds of the wicked will be exposed.

36 But let no one approach me now or come looking for me for forty days."

37 I took the five men, as he had commanded me, and we went out into the field and remained there.

38 So it happened to me on the next day that a voice called me: "Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink."