²⁶ And they shall see those who were taken up, who from their birth have not tasted death, and the heart of the earth’s^[a] inhabitants shall be changed and converted to a different spirit.^(A)

⁹ for you shall be taken up from among humankind, and henceforth you shall live with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times are ended.^(A)

³⁶ But let no one come to me now, and let no one seek me for forty days.”^(A)

The Restoration of the Scriptures

³⁷ So I took the five men, as he had commanded me, and we proceeded to the field and remained there.^{(B) 38} And on the next day a voice called me, saying, “Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink.”^{(C) 39} So I opened my mouth, and a full cup was offered to me; it was full of something like water, but its color was like fire. ⁴⁰ I took it and drank, and when I had drunk it, my heart poured forth understanding, and wisdom increased in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory, ⁴¹ and my mouth was opened and was no longer closed.^{(D) 42} Moreover, the Most High gave understanding to the five men, and by turns they wrote what was dictated, using characters that they did not know.^[a] They sat forty days; they wrote during the daytime and ate their bread at night.^{(E) 43} But as for me, I spoke in the daytime and was not silent at night. ⁴⁴ So during the forty days, ninety-four^[b] books were written.^{(F) 45} And when the forty days were ended, the Most High spoke to me, saying, “Make public the twenty-four^[c] books that you wrote first, and let the worthy and the unworthy read them,^{(G) 46} but keep the seventy that were written last, in order to give them to the wise among your people. ⁴⁷ For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the river of knowledge.”^{(H) 48} And I did so.^[d]