When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord's temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.

We will impose [the following] commandments on ourselves: To give an eighth of an ounce of silver yearly for the service of the house of our God:

He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

This is what the Lord says: The One who gives the sun for light by day, the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar- the Lord of Hosts is His name:

"Since the days of your fathers, you have turned from My statutes; you have not kept [them]. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the Lord of Hosts. But you ask: "How can we return?"

So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God's command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves.

Now I praise you because you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.

If you died with Christ to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:

Now the first [covenant] also had regulations for ministry and an earthly sanctuary.

They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of restoration.