Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

For he said 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 of the law, "The one who does them will live by them."

But I ask, did not Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."