Yet Michael the archangel, in [a]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, (A)“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 (B)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (C)of Cain, (D)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (E)in the rebellion of Korah.

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  1. Jude 1:9 arguing

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)

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  1. Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).