# Epistle of Barnabas 12.9

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:386; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/9/

Summary: Moses foretold that the Son of God would destroy Amalek.

## Greek text

λέγει οὖν Μωϋσῆς Ἰησοῦ, υἱῷ Ναυή, ἐπιθεὶς τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα, ὁπότε ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸν κατάσκοπον τῆς γῆς· Λάβε βιβλίον εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου καὶ γράψον, ἃ λέγει κύριος, ὅτι ἐκκόψει ἐκ ῥιζῶν τὸν οἶκον πάντα τοῦ Ἀμαλὴκ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν.

## English translation (Claude)

So Moses says to Jesus the son of Nun, having given him this name when he sent him to spy out the land: “Take a book in your hands and write what the Lord says: that the Son of God will cut off by the roots the whole house of Amalek in the last days.”

## Scripture references

- Exod 17:14: allusion, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 12.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/9/).