Read Scripture In A Year: February 16

Passage 1: Exodus 27

(Exo 27:1) Moreouer thou shalt make the altar of Shittim wood, fiue cubites long and fiue cubites broade (the altar shall be foure square) and the height thereof three cubites.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make an (a) altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

(a) For the burnt offering.

(Exo 27:2) And thou shalt make it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes shalbe of it selfe, and thou shalt couer it with brasse.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of (b) the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

(b) Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.

(Exo 27:3) Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse.

(Exo 27:4) And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.

(Exo 27:5) And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.

(Exo 27:6) Also thou shalt make barres for the altar, barres, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with brasse.

(Exo 27:7) And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare it.

(Exo 27:8) Thou shalt make the altar holowe betweene the boardes: as God shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

(Exo 27:9) Also thou shalt make the court of the Tabernacle in the Southside, euen full South: the court shall haue curtaines of fine twined linnen, of an hundreth cubites long, for one side,

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make the (c) court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

(Exo 27:10) And it shall haue twentie pillars, with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars, and their filets shalbe siluer.

(Notes Reference) And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their (d) fillets [shall be of] silver.

(d) They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the pillar.

(Exo 27:11) Likewise on the Northside in length there shalbe hangings of an hundreth cubites long, and the twentie pillars thereof with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars and the filets shalbe siluer.

(Exo 27:12) And the breadth of the court on the Westside shall haue curtaines of fiftie cubites, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

(Exo 27:13) And the breadth of the court, Eastwarde full East shall haue fiftie cubites.

(Notes Reference) And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] (e) fifty cubits.

(e) Meaning curtains of fifty cubits.

(Exo 27:14) Also hangings of fifteene cubites shalbe on the one side with their three pillars and their three sockets.

(Notes Reference) The hangings of one (f) side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

(f) Of the door of the court.

(Exo 27:15) Likewise on the other side shalbe hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

(Exo 27:16) And in the gate of the court shalbe a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the foure pillars thereof and their foure sockets.

(Exo 27:17) All the pillars of the court shall haue filets of siluer round about, with their heads of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.

(Exo 27:18) The length of the court shalbe an hundreth cubites, and the breadth fiftie at either ende, and the height fiue cubites, and the hangings of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brasse.

(Exo 27:19) Al the vessels of the Tabernacle for al maner seruice thereof, and all the pinnes thereof, and all the pinnes of the court shalbe brasse.

(Notes Reference) All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the (g) pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.

(g) Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to the ground.

(Exo 27:20) And thou shalt commande the children of Israel, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten, for the light, that the lampes may alway burne.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive (h) beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

(h) Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten.

(Exo 27:21) In the Tabernacle of the Congregation without the vaile, which is before the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sonnes dresse them from euening to morning before the Lord, for a statute for euer vnto their generations, to be obserued by the children of Israel.

Passage 2: Psalms 81-82

(Psa 81:1) To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.

(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician upon (a) Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph." Sing (b) aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

(a) An instrument of music brought from Geth.

(b) It seems that this psalm was appointed for solemn feasts and assemblies of the people to whom for a time these ceremonies were ordained, but now under the gospel are abolished.

(Psa 81:2) Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.

(Psa 81:3) Blowe the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed, at our feast day.

(Notes Reference) Blow up the trumpet in the (c) new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

(Psa 81:4) For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the God of Iaakob.

(Psa 81:5) Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode not.

(Notes Reference) This he ordained in (d) Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] (e) I understood not.

(d) That is, in Israel for Joseph's family was counted the chief while before, Judah was preferred.

(e) God speaks in the person of the people because he was their leader.

(Psa 81:6) I haue withdrawen his shoulder from the burden, and his handes haue left the pots.

(Notes Reference) I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the (f) pots.

(f) If they were never able to give sufficient thanks to God, for this deliverance from corporal bondage, how much more are we indebted to him for our spiritual deliverance from the tyranny of Satan and sin?

(Psa 81:7) Thou calledst in affliction and I deliuered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I prooued thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

(Notes Reference) Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I (g) answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

(g) By a strange and wonderful fashion.

(Psa 81:8) Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,

(Notes Reference) (h) Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

(h) He condemns all assemblies where the people are not attentive to hear God's voice, and to give obedience to the same.

(Psa 81:9) Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.

(Psa 81:10) For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.

(Notes Reference) I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: (i) open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

(i) God accuses their incredulity, because they did not open their mouths to receive God's benefits in such abundance as he pours them out.

(Psa 81:11) But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.

(Psa 81:12) So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.

(Psa 81:13) Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.

(Notes Reference) (k) Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

(k) God by his word calls all, but his secret election appoints who will bear fruit.

(Psa 81:14) I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.

(Notes Reference) I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand (l) against their adversaries.

(l) If their sins had not.

(Psa 81:15) The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

(Notes Reference) The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time (m) should have endured for ever.

(m) If the Israelites had not broken covenant with God, he would have given them victory against their enemies.

(Psa 81:16) And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.

(Notes Reference) He should have fed them also with the (n) finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

(n) That is, with most fine wheat and abundance of honey.

(Psa 82:1) A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.

(Notes Reference) "A Psalm of Asaph." God standeth in the congregation of the (a) mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

(a) The prophet shows that if princes and judges do not do their duty, God whose authority is above them will take vengeance on them.

(Psa 82:2) How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

(Notes Reference) How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the (b) wicked? Selah.

(b) For thieves and murderers find favour in judgment when the cause of the godly cannot be heard.

(Psa 82:3) Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

(Psa 82:4) Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

(Notes Reference) Deliver the poor and (c) needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.

(Psa 82:5) They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.

(Notes Reference) They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the (d) foundations of the earth are out of course.

(d) That is, all things are out of order either by their tyranny or careless negligence.

(Psa 82:6) I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.

(Psa 82:7) But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.

(Notes Reference) (e) But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

(e) No title of honour will excuse you, but you will be subject to God's judgments, and tender account as well as other men.

(Psa 82:8) O God, arise, therefore iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.

(Notes Reference) Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit (f) all nations.

(f) Therefore no tyrant will pluck your right and authority from you.

Passage 3: Mark 12

(Mar 12:1) And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, and digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

(Notes Reference) And (1) he began to speak unto them by (a) parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

(1) The calling of God is unbounded, without exception, in regard to place, person, or time.

(a) This word "parable", which the evangelists use, not only signifies a comparing of things together, but also speeches and allegories with hidden meaning.

(Mar 12:2) And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

(Notes Reference) (b) And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

(b) When the fruits of the ground used to be gathered.

(Mar 12:3) But they tooke him, and beat him, and sent him away emptie.

(Mar 12:4) And againe he sent vnto them another seruant, and at him they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

(Mar 12:5) And againe he sent another, and him they slew, and many other, beating some, and killing some.

(Mar 12:6) Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

(Mar 12:7) But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.

(Mar 12:8) So they tooke him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

(Mar 12:9) What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

(Mar 12:10) Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.

(Mar 12:11) This was done of the Lord, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

(Mar 12:12) Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.

(Notes Reference) And they (c) sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

(Mar 12:13) And they sent vnto him certaine of the Pharises, and of ye Herodians that they might take him in his talke.

(Notes Reference) (2) And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.

(2) The gospel links the authority of the magistrate with the service of God.

(Mar 12:14) And when they came, they saide vnto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou considerest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God truely, Is it lawfull to giue tribute to Cesar, or not?

(Notes Reference) And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou (d) regardest not the person of men, but teachest the (e) way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

(d) You do not judge by the outward appearance, so that the truth is therefore not darkened by any means at all.

(e) The way by which we come to see God.

(Mar 12:15) Should we giue it, or should we not giue it? but he knew their hypocrisie, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a peny, that I may see it.

(Mar 12:16) So they brought it, and he said vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? and they said vnto him, Cesars.

(Mar 12:17) Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Giue to Cesar the things that are Cesars, and to God, those that are Gods: and they marueiled at him.

(Mar 12:18) Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) and they asked him, saying,

(Notes Reference) (3) Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

(3) The resurrection of the body is confirmed, opposed to the foolish ignorance and malice of the Sadducees.

(Mar 12:19) Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

(Mar 12:20) There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

(Mar 12:21) Then the seconde tooke her, and he died, neither did he yet leaue issue, and the third likewise:

(Mar 12:22) So those seuen had her, and left no yssue: last of all the wife died also.

(Mar 12:23) In the resurrection then, when they shall rise againe, whose wife shall she be of them? for seuen had her to wife.

(Mar 12:24) Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Are ye not therefore deceiued, because ye knowe not the Scriptures, neither the power of God?

(Mar 12:25) For when they shall rise againe from the dead, neither men marry, nor wiues are married, but are as the Angels which are in heauen.

(Mar 12:26) And as touching the dead, that they shall rise againe, haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, howe in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob?

(Mar 12:27) God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.

(Mar 12:28) Then came one of the Scribes that had heard them disputing together, and perceiuing that he had answered them well, he asked him, Which is the first commandement of all?

(Notes Reference) (4) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

(4) Sacrifices and outward worship never pleased God unless we first did the things which we owe to God and our neighbours.

(Mar 12:29) Iesus answered him, The first of all the commandements is, Heare, Israel, The Lord our God is the onely Lord.

(Mar 12:30) Thou shalt therefore loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy minde, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandement.

(Mar 12:31) And the second is like, that is, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. There is none other commandement greater then these.

(Mar 12:32) Then that Scribe said vnto him, Well, Master, thou hast saide the trueth, that there is one God, and that there is none but he,

(Mar 12:33) And to loue him with all the heart, and with all the vnderstanding, and with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue his neighbour as himselfe, is more then all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

(Mar 12:34) Then when Iesus saw that he answered discreetely, he saide vnto him, Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God. And no man after that durst aske him any question.

(Mar 12:35) And Iesus answered and said teaching in the Temple, Howe say the Scribes that Christ is the sonne of Dauid?

(Notes Reference) (5) And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

(5) Christ proves his Godhead even out of David himself, from whom he came according to the flesh.

(Mar 12:36) For Dauid himselfe said by ye holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footestoole.

(Notes Reference) For David himself said by (f) the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

(f) Literally, "in the Holy Spirit"; and there is a great power in this kind of speech, by which is meant that it was not so much David who was speaking, but instead the Holy Spirit, who in a way possessed David.

(Mar 12:37) Then Dauid himselfe calleth him Lord: by what meanes is he then his sonne? and much people heard him gladly.

(Mar 12:38) Moreouer he saide vnto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes which loue to goe in long robes, and loue salutations in the markets,

(Notes Reference) (6) And he said unto them in (g) his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in (h) long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces,

(6) The manners of ministers are not to be followed rashly as an example.

(g) While he taught them.

(h) The word is a "stole", which is a kind of woman's garment that goes down even to the heels, and is taken generally to refer to any pleasant looking garment, but in this place it seems to signify the fringed garment mentioned in (Deu 22:12).

(Mar 12:39) And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the first roumes at feastes,

(Mar 12:40) Which deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers. These shall receiue the greater damnation.

(Mar 12:41) And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasurie, and many rich men cast in much.

(Notes Reference) (7) And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people (i) cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

(7) The doing of our duties which God allows is not considered worthy according to the outward value, but instead according to the inward affections of the heart.

(i) Money of any type of metal which the Romans used, who in the beginning stamped or made coins of brass, and after used it for currency.

(Mar 12:42) And there came a certaine poore widowe, and she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.

(Mar 12:43) Then he called vnto him his disciples, and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

(Mar 12:44) For they all did cast in of their superfluitie: but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had, euen all her liuing.