Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them."

Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a foolish nation I will make you angry."