Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
But the law given by Moses … really took away death’s kingdom, showing that death was not a king but a robber, and it revealed death as a murderer. .