# 2 Esdras 5:23

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras/5/23
- Book: [2 Esdras](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras)
- Chapter: [2 Esdras 5](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras/5)
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And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine: