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."
39 So I opened my mouth, and a full cup was set before 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 heart, for my spirit retained memory.
41 My mouth was opened and wasn’t shut anymore.
42 The Most High, moreover, gave understanding to the five men, and they wrote in turns what was dictated, in characters that they didn’t know, and they sat for forty days. They wrote by day,