Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him 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 that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.

But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says,
“I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation,
By a nation without understanding will I anger you.”