2 Esdras 13:42

42 There they would be able to observe their customs, which they hadn't kept in their own region.

2 Esdras 13:42 In-Context

40 these are the ten tribes that were taken captive from their land in the days of King Hoshea, whom King Shalmaneser of the Assyrians took across the river as a captive. They were taken into another land,

41 but they made this plan for themselves: They would leave the multitude of the nations and go into a more remote region, where the human race had never lived.

42 There they would be able to observe their customs, which they hadn't kept in their own region.

43 They went in through the narrow passages of the Euphrates River.

44 Then the Most High gave them signs and stopped the flow of the river until they had passed.