When the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of Jehovah, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to Jehovah in the way ordered by David, king of Israel.

We made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the House of our God.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept His testimonies and the commandment that he gave them.

Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:

Like your fathers before you, you have turned away from my laws and have not obeyed them. Return to me and I will return to you, said Jehovah of Hosts. But you ask, 'how will we return to you?'

Whoever opposes the authority resists the ordinance of God. Those who resist will receive judgment.

Now I praise you, brothers, because you remember me in all things, and carefully follow the teachings (precepts) (doctrine) just as I delivered them to you.

He blotted out the bond written in ordinances. It was against us and was contrary to us. He has taken it out of the way. He nailed it to the stake.

If you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances:

The first covenant had ordinances for divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time comes to change them for something better.