# Epistle of Barnabas 7.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:364; 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/7/6/

Summary: The two goats of the Day of Atonement.

## Greek text

ἃ ἐνετείλατο, προσέχετε· Λάβετε δύο τράγους καλοὺς καὶ ὁμοίους καὶ προσενέγκατε, καὶ λαβέτω ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν ἔνα εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν.

## English translation (Claude)

Pay attention to what he commanded: “Take two goats, good and alike, and offer them, and let the priest take one as a whole burnt offering for sins.”

## Scripture references

- Lev 16:7: allusion, high confidence
- Lev 16:9: allusion, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 7.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/7/6/).