Yet, from Adam to Moses, Death reigned even over those whose sin was not a breach of a law, as Adam's was. And Adam foreshadows the One to come.

For his words to Moses are-'I will take pity on whom I take pity, and be merciful to whom I am merciful.'

For Moses writes that, as for the righteousness which results from Law, 'those who practice it will find Life through it.'

But again I ask 'Did not the people of Israel understand? First there is Moses, who says--'I, the Lord, will stir you to rivalry with a nation which is no nation; Against an undiscerning nation I will arouse your anger.'