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Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the Devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”[a] 10 Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct. 11 How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did[b], rushed headlong into Balaam’s error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened[c] in Korah’s rebellion.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:9 This incident is possibly based on The Assumption of Moses, an apocryphal Jewish writing.
  2. Jude 1:11 Lit. they followed Cain’s path
  3. Jude 1:11 The Gk. lacks as happened