Jude 9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
9 Even the leader of God's angels, Michael, did not speak bad words like that against the Devil. Long ago, Michael argued with the Devil about who should have Moses' dead body.[a] But even when the Devil said bad words against God, Michael himself did not speak against the Devil. He did not think that he should do that. Instead, Michael said, ‘The Lord himself will show that you are wrong.’ 10 But these false teachers speak bad things against anything that they do not understand. They are like animals that cannot think properly. They just do the things that their nature causes them to do. Those are the things that are destroying them.
11 It will be terrible for them! They have lived in the way that Cain lived.[b] They have made the same mistake that Balaam made, because they wanted to get money for themselves.[c] Like Korah, they have refused to obey God.[d] So God will destroy them.
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- 1:9 Deuteronomy 34:5-6 tells us about when Moses died.
- 1:11 Cain killed his brother Abel. See Genesis 4:1-16; Hebrews 11:4; 1 John 3:12.
- 1:11 Balaam caused Israel's people to do bad things. See Numbers 22—25; Deuteronomy 23:4-5; Revelation 2:14.
- 1:11 Korah thought that he himself was very important. He thought that he knew better than Moses. He refused to obey what God had told Moses. See Numbers 16:1-35.
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