They served only for matters of food and drink ¹  and various washings; they are external regulations ²  imposed until the new order came. ³ 

teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, ¹  each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ² 

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches. ¹ ) ²