And the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, and the priests [in their] apparel with the trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with the cymbals, were positioned to praise Yahweh, {as described by} King David of Israel.

"We put on ourselves the commandment upon us to yearly give a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

He spoke to them in [the] pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies and [the] statute he gave to them.

Thus says Yahweh, who gives [the] sun for light by day, the regulations of [the] moon and [the] stars for light [by] night, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar--Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

From the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my rules, and have not kept [them]! Return to me and I will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts, "but you say, 'How shall we return?'

So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.

Now I praise you that you remember me [in] all [things], and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to [them].

having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way [by] nailing it to the cross.

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit [to them] as [if] living in the world?

Now the first [covenant] had regulations for worship and the earthly sanctuary.

concerning [instead] only food and drink and different washings, regulations of outward things imposed until the time of setting [things] right.