The 24 Canonical Books of Ezra

The prophet Ezra, who is the author of the Book of Ezra in the Bibles of all the Jews and Christians, when he was in exile, he was given visions from the Most High, and Ezra wrote down everything that God revealed to him. Ezra realized how doomed humanity was without God’s word. Knowing that in his time all the Scriptures became lost, Ezra prayed to God and asked him to restore the Scriptures. God answered that prayer, and restored the Scriptures through Ezra. For forty days, he and five men who were his scribes rewrote from charred unreadable scrolls that they had found in pots all of the books of Scripture that were written before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Ezra tells us that of all the books which were written, there were 24 books which they first restored, and those first 24 books were the books which God wanted Ezra and the faithful to share with everyone, whether they be righteous or sinful. The final 70 books however which they restored last, God commanded Ezra and the faithful to hide those books and make them secret/apocrypha books, not sharing them with everyone, but only sharing them with those who were tested and found to be worthy. In total, Ezra restored 94 books of Scripture which were lost to the people of Israel.

The account of Ezra restoring the Scriptures is found here: 2 Esdras 14:19-26; 37-48 “19 Then I answered and said, “Let me speak in thy presence, Lord. 20 For behold, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and I will reprove the people who are now living; but who will warn those who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness, and its inhabitants are without light. 21 For thy law has been burned, and so no one knows the things which have been done or will be done by thee. 22 If then I have found favor before thee, send the Holy Spirit into me, and I will write everything that has happened in the world from the beginning, the things which were written in thy law, that men may be able to find the path, and that those who wish to live in the last days may live.” 23 He answered me and said, “Go and gather the people, and tell them not to seek you for forty days. 24 But prepare for yourself many writing tablets, and take with you Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ethanus, and Asiel — these five, because they are trained to write rapidly; 25 and you shall come here, and I will light in your heart the lamp of understanding, which shall not be put out until what you are about to write is finished. 26 And when you have finished, some things you shall make public, and some you shall deliver in secret to the wise; tomorrow at this hour you shall begin to write.” […] 14:37 So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we proceeded to the field, and remained there. 14:38 And on the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, “Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink.” 14:39 Then I opened my mouth, and behold, a full cup was offered to me; it was full of something like water, but its color was like fire. 14:40 And 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; 14:41 and my mouth was opened, and was no longer closed. 14:42 And the Most High gave understanding to the five men, and by turns they wrote what was dictated, in characters which they did not know. They sat forty days, and wrote during the daytime, and ate their bread at night. 14:43 As for me, I spoke in the daytime and was not silent at night. 14:44 So during the forty days ninety-four books were written. 14:45 And when the forty days were ended, the Most High spoke to me, saying, “Make public the twenty-four books that you wrote first and let the worthy and the unworthy read them; 14:46 but keep the seventy that were written last, in order to give them to the wise among your people. 14:47 For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the river of knowledge.” 14:48 And I did so.”

After lots of years of study of the apocrypha books and lost books of the Bible, and taking into consideration the historical context of 2 Esdras, I have developed a list of what the twenty four books of Scripture were that God commanded Ezra to share, and I have a high degree of confidence and reliability in my enumerated list. Without further ado, the following is the list of the 24 public books of Scripture that were restored by Ezra according to my research:

1.Book of the Origins of the Law (LXX Genesis)
2.Book of the Covenant of the Law (LXX Exodus)
3.Book of the Priesthood of the Law (LXX Leviticus)
4.Book of the Calculations of the Law (LXX Numbers)
5.Book of the Representation of the Law (Temple Scroll)
6.Book of the Wisdom of Job (Job)
7.Book of the Five Books of the Psalms of David (Psalms Scroll)
8.Book of the Song of the Songs of Solomon (Song of Songs)
9.Book of the Two Books of the Proverbs of Solomon (LXX Proverbs)
10.Book of the Words of Solomon (Ecclesiastes)
11.Book of the Words of Isaiah (Isaiah Scroll)
12.Book of the Chronicles of Joshua (Joshua)
13.Book of the Chronicles of the Judges of Israel  (Judges)
14.Book of the Words of Ruth (Ruth)
15.Book of the Chronicles of David (Samuel Scroll; LXX 1+2 Samuel)
16.Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and Judah (LXX 1+2 Kings)
17.Book of the Chronicles of Judah (1+2 Chronicles)
18.Book of the Words of Amos (Amos)
19.Book of the Words of Obadiah (Obadiah)
20.Book of the Words of Hosea  (Hosea)
21.Book of the Words of Joel  (Joel)
22.Book of the Words of Jonah (Jonah)
23.Book of the Words of Micah (Micah)
24.Book of the Words of Nahum (Nahum)