⁹ But even the archangel^(A) Michael,^(B) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,^(C) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”^{[a](D) 10} Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.^(E)

¹¹ Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;^(F) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;^(G) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.^(H)