In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, ¹  you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep ²  it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.” ³ 

These are the commandments and the decisions that the Lord commanded the Israelites through the authority ¹  of Moses, on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River ²  opposite Jericho. ³ 

May he make us submissive, ¹  so we can follow all his instructions ²  and obey ³  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

They performed music ¹  before the sanctuary ²  of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. ³  They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, ¹ 

At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, ¹  when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women –

“As for this temple you are building, if you follow ¹  my rules, observe ²  my regulations, and obey all my commandments, ³  I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. ⁴ 

Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations ¹  and the countries around her. ²  Indeed, they ³  have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes.

“‘This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.

“‘This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he ¹  is to present to the Lord.

“This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, ¹ 

You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume. ¹ 

Esther’s command established these matters of Purim, and the matter was officially recorded. ¹ 

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed. ¹ 

I desperately long to know ¹  your regulations at all times.

Take away the insults that I dread! ¹  Indeed, ²  your regulations are good.

I will speak ¹  about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

I remember your ancient regulations, ¹  O Lord, and console myself. ² 

for we live ¹  by faith, not by sight.