Numbers 22:4

22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “Now this mass of people ¹  will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.

Jude 1:17

Exhortation to the Faithful

1:17 But you, dear friends – recall the predictions ²  foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. ³ 

Jude 1:2

1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you! ⁴ 

Jude 1:10

1:10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend. ⁵ 

[22:4]  ¹ tn The word is simply “company,” but in the context he must mean a vast company – a horde of people.

[1:17]  ² tn Grk “words.” In conjunction with προεῖπον (proeipon), however, the meaning of the construction is that the apostles uttered prophecies.

[1:17]  ³ sn This verse parallels 2 Pet 3:2 both conceptually and in much of the verbiage. There is one important difference, however: In 2 Pet 3:2 the prophets and apostles speak; here, just the apostles speak. This makes good sense if Jude is using 2 Peter as his main source and is urging his readers to go back to the authoritative writings, both OT and now especially NT.

[1:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “may mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.”

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Or “they should naturally comprehend.” The present tense in this context may have a conative force.