Read Scripture In A Year: February 17

Passage 1: Exodus 28

(Exo 28:1) And cause thou thy brother Aaron to come vnto thee and his sonnes with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serue me in the Priestes office: I meane Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar Aarons sonnes.

(Exo 28:2) Also thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, glorious and beautifull.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for (a) glory and for beauty.

(a) By which his office may be known to be glorious and excellent.

(Exo 28:3) Therefore thou shalt speake vnto al cunning men, whome I haue filled with the spirite of wisedome, that they make Aarons garments to consecrate him, that he may serue me in the Priestes office.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to (b) consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

(b) Which is to separate him from the rest.

(Exo 28:4) Nowe these shall be the garments, which they shall make, a brest plate, and an Ephod, and a robe, and a broydred coate, a miter, and a girdle. so these holy garments shall they make for Aaron thy brother, and for his sonnes, that he may serue me in the Priests office.

(Notes Reference) And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an (c) ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

(Exo 28:5) Therefore they shall take golde, and blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen,

(Exo 28:6) And they shall make the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, skarlet, and fine twined linen of broydred worke.

(Exo 28:7) The two shoulders thereof shalbe ioyned together by their two edges: so shall it be closed.

(Exo 28:8) And the embroydred garde of the same Ephod, which shalbe vpon him, shall be of the selfe same worke and stuffe, euen of golde, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.

(Notes Reference) And the (d) curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

(d) Which went about his upmost coat.

(Exo 28:9) And thou shalt take two onix stones, and graue vpon them the names of the children of Israel:

(Exo 28:10) Sixe names of them vpon the one stone, and the sixe names that remaine, vpon the seconde stone, according to their generations.

(Notes Reference) Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to (e) their birth.

(e) As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.

(Exo 28:11) Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde.

(Exo 28:12) And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones of remebrance of the children of Israel: for Aaron shall beare their names before the Lord vpon his two shoulders for a remembrance.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of (f) memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

(f) That Aaron might remind the Israelites of God.

(Exo 28:13) So thou shalt make bosses of golde,

(Exo 28:14) And two cheynes of fine golde at the ende, of wrethed worke shalt thou make them, and shalt fasten the wrethed cheynes vpon the bosses.

(Notes Reference) And two chains [of] pure gold (g) at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

(g) Of the bosses.

(Exo 28:15) Also thou shalt make the brest plate of iudgement with broydred worke: like the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it: of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen shalt thou make it.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make the breastplate of (h) judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

(h) It was so called, because the high priest could not give sentence in judgment without that on his breast.

(Exo 28:16) Foure square it shall be and double, an hand bredth long and an hand bredth broade.

(Notes Reference) (i) Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.

(i) The description of the breastplate.

(Exo 28:17) Then thou shalt set it full of places for stones, euen foure rowes of stones: the order shalbe this, a rubie, a topaze, and a carbuncle in the first rowe.

(Exo 28:18) And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamonde.

(Exo 28:19) And in the third rowe a turkeis, an achate, and an hematite.

(Exo 28:20) And in the fourth rowe a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: and they shall be set in golde in their embossements.

(Exo 28:21) And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelue, according to their names, grauen as signets, euerye one after his name, and they shall bee for the twelue tribes.

(Exo 28:22) Then thou shalt make vpon the breast plate two cheines at the endes of wrethen worke of pure golde.

(Exo 28:23) Thou shalt make also vpon the brest plate two rings of golde, and put the two rings on the two endes of the brest plate.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on (k) the two ends of the breastplate.

(k) Which are upmost toward the shoulder.

(Exo 28:24) And thou shalt put the two wrethen chaynes of golde in the two rings in the endes of the brest plate.

(Exo 28:25) And the other two endes of the two wrethen cheines, thou shalt fasten in ye two embossements, and shalt put them vpon the shoulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it.

(Exo 28:26) Also thou shalt make two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the two other endes of the brest plate, vpon the border thereof, towarde the inside of the Ephod.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the (l) two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which [is] in the side of the ephod inward.

(l) Which are beneath.

(Exo 28:27) And two other rings of golde thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath in the forepart of it ouer against the coupling of it vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod.

(Exo 28:28) Thus they shall binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it may be fast vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate be not loosed from the Ephod.

(Exo 28:29) So Aaron shall beare the names of the children of Israel in the brest plate of iudgement vpon his heart, when he goeth into the holy place, for a remembrance continually before the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually.

(m) Aaron will not enter into the holy place in his own name, but in the name of all the children of Israel.

(Exo 28:30) Also thou shalt put in the brest plate of iudgement the Vrim and the Thummim, which shalbe vpon Aarons heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the children of Israel vpon his heart before the Lord continually.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the (n) Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

(n) Urim signifies light, and thummim perfection: declaring that the stones of the breastplate were most clear, and of perfect beauty: by urim also is meant knowledge, and thummim holiness, showing what virtues are required in the priests.

(Exo 28:31) And thou shalt make the robe of the Ephod altogether of blewe silke.

(Exo 28:32) And the hole for his head shalbe in the middes of it, hauing an edge of wouen woorke rounde about the coller of it: so it shalbe as the coller of an habergeon that it rent not.

(Exo 28:33) And beneath vpon the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, round about the skirts thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about:

(Exo 28:34) That is, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe.

(Exo 28:35) So it shalbe vpon Aaron, when he ministreth, and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lord, and when he commeth out, and he shall not dye.

(Exo 28:36) Also thou shalt make a plate of pure golde, and graue thereon, as signets are grauen, Holines To The Lord,

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, (o) HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

(o) Holiness belongs to the Lord: for he is most holy, and nothing unholy may appear before him.

(Exo 28:37) And thou shalt put it on a blew silke lace, and it shalbe vpon the miter: euen vpon the fore front of the miter shall it be.

(Exo 28:38) So it shalbe vpon Aarons forehead, that Aaron may beare the iniquitie of the offrings, which the children of Israel shall offer in all their holy offrings: and it shall be alwayes vpon his forehead, to make them acceptable before the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may (p) bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

(p) Their offerings could not be so perfect, but some fault would be in them: which sin the high priest bore and pacified God.

(Exo 28:39) Likewise thou shalt embroyder the fine line coat, and thou shalt make a miter of fine line, but thou shalt make a girdell of needle worke.

(Exo 28:40) Also thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes coates, and thou shalt make the girdels, and bonets shalt thou make them for glorie and comelinesse.

(Exo 28:41) And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother, and on his sonnes with him, and shalt anoint them, and fill their handes, and sanctifie them, that they may minister vnto me in the Priestes office.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and (q) consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

(q) Or "fill their hands", by giving them things to offer and therefore admit them to their office.

(Exo 28:42) Thou shalt also make them linen breeches to couer their priuities: from the loynes vnto the thighs shall they reache.

(Exo 28:43) And they shalbe for Aaron and his sonnes when they come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or whe they come vnto the altar to minister in the holy place, that they commit not iniquitie, and so die. This shalbe a lawe for euer vnto him and to his seede after him.

(Notes Reference) And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they (r) bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

(r) In not hiding their nakedness.

Passage 2: Psalms 83-84

(Psa 83:1) A song, or Psalme committed to Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: bee not still, and cease not, O God.

(Notes Reference) "A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph." Keep (a) not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

(a) This psalm seems to have been composed as a form of prayer against the dangers that the Church was in, in the days of Jehoshaphat.

(Psa 83:2) For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.

(Notes Reference) For, lo, thine (b) enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

(b) He calls them God's enemies, who are enemies of his Church.

(Psa 83:3) They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones.

(Notes Reference) They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy (c) hidden ones.

(c) The elect of God are his secret ones: for he hides them in the secret of his tabernacle, and preserves them from all dangers.

(Psa 83:4) They haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.

(Notes Reference) They have said, Come, and let us (d) cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

(d) They were not content to take the Church as prisoner: but sought to utterly destroy it.

(Psa 83:5) For they haue consulted together in heart, and haue made a league against thee:

(Notes Reference) For they have consulted together (e) with one consent: they are confederate (f) against thee:

(e) By all secret means.

(f) They thought to have subverted your counsel in which the constancy of the Church was established.

(Psa 83:6) The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Agarims:

(Psa 83:7) Gebal and Ammon, and Amalech, the Philistims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:

(Psa 83:8) Asshur also is ioyned with them: they haue bene an arme to the children of Lot. Selah.

(Notes Reference) Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children (g) of Lot. Selah.

(g) The wickedness of the Ammonites and Moabites is described in that they provoked these other nations to fight against the Israelites.

(Psa 83:9) Doe thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Sisera and as to Iabin at the riuer of Kishon.

(Notes Reference) Do unto them as [unto] the (h) Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

(h) By these examples they were confirmed that God would not permit his people to be completely destroyed, (Jdg 7:21, Jdg 4:15).

(Psa 83:10) They perished at En-dor, and were dung for the earth.

(Notes Reference) [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] (i) dung for the earth.

(i) Trodden under foot as mire.

(Psa 83:11) Make them, euen their princes like Oreb and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmuna.

(Psa 83:12) Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitations of God.

(Notes Reference) Who said, Let us take to ourselves the (k) houses of God in possession.

(k) That is, Judea: for where his Church is, there he dwells among them.

(Psa 83:13) O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.

(Notes Reference) O my God, make them like a (l) wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

(l) Because the reprobate could by no means be amended, he prays that they may utterly be destroyed, be unstable and led by all winds.

(Psa 83:14) As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:

(Psa 83:15) So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraide with thy storme.

(Psa 83:16) Fill their faces with shame, that they may seeke thy Name, O Lord.

(Notes Reference) Fill their faces with shame; that they may (m) seek thy name, O LORD.

(m) That is, be compelled by your plagues to confess your power.

(Psa 83:17) Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame and perish,

(Psa 83:18) That they may knowe that thou, which art called Iehouah, art alone, euen the most High ouer all the earth.

(Notes Reference) That [men] may (n) know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.

(n) Though they do not believe, yet they may prove by experience, that it is in vain to resist against your counsel in establishing your Church.

(Psa 84:1) To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. O Lord of hostes, howe amiable are thy Tabernacles!

(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O (a) LORD of hosts!

(a) David complains that he cannot have access to the Church of God to make profession of his faith, and to profit in religion.

(Psa 84:2) My soule longeth, yea, and fainteth for the courtes of the Lord: for mine heart and my flesh reioyce in the liuing God.

(Notes Reference) My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the (b) courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

(b) For only the priests could enter the sanctuary and the rest of the people into the courts.

(Psa 84:3) Yea, the sparrowe hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest for her, where she may lay her yong: euen by thine altars, O Lord of hostes, my King and my God.

(Notes Reference) Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine (c) altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

(Psa 84:4) Blessed are they that dwell in thine house: they will euer praise thee. Selah.

(Psa 84:5) Blessed is the man, whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy wayes.

(Notes Reference) Blessed [is] the man whose (d) strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].

(d) Who trusts nothing in himself but in you only, and learns from you to rule his life.

(Psa 84:6) They going through the vale of Baca, make welles therein: the raine also couereth the pooles.

(Notes Reference) [Who] passing through the valley of (c) Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

(Psa 84:7) They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion.

(Notes Reference) They go from (f) strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.

(f) They are never weary but increase in strength and courage till they come to God's house.

(Psa 84:8) O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, O God of Iaakob. Selah.

(Psa 84:9) Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed.

(Notes Reference) Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine (g) anointed.

(g) That is, for Christ's sake, whose figure I represent.

(Psa 84:10) For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse.

(Notes Reference) For (h) a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

(h) He would rather live one day in God's Church than a thousand in the world.

(Psa 84:11) For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly.

(Notes Reference) For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no (i) good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

(i) But will from time to time increase his blessings toward his more and more.

(Psa 84:12) O Lord of hostes, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Passage 3: Mark 13

(Mar 13:1) And as he went out of the Temple, one of his disciples said vnto him, Master, see what maner stones, and what maner buildings are here.

(Notes Reference) And (1) as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings [are here]!

(1) The destruction of the temple, city, and whole nation is foretold, and the troubles of the Church: but yet there are many comforts added, and last of all, the end of the world is described.

(Mar 13:2) Then Iesus answered and saide vnto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone vpon a stone, that shall not be throwen downe.

(Mar 13:3) And as he sate on the mount of Oliues, ouer against the Temple, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew asked him secretly,

(Mar 13:4) Tell vs, when shall these things be? and what shalbe the signe when all these things shalbe fulfilled?

(Mar 13:5) And Iesus answered them, and began to say, Take heede lest any man deceiue you.

(Mar 13:6) For many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

(Mar 13:7) Furthermore when ye shall heare, of warres, and rumours of warres, be ye not troubled: for such things must needes be: but the end shall not be yet.

(Mar 13:8) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdome against kingdome, and there shalbe earthquakes in diuers quarters, and there shalbe famine and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorowes.

(Mar 13:9) But take ye heede to your selues: for they shall deliuer you vp to the Councils, and to the Synagogues: ye shalbe beaten, and brought before rulers and Kings for my sake, for a testimoniall vnto them.

(Notes Reference) But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a (a) testimony against them.

(a) When they hear you preach it will be a most evident witness against them, so that they will not be able to pretend that they do not know.

(Mar 13:10) And the Gospel must first be published among all nations.

(Mar 13:11) But when they leade you, and deliuer you vp, be not carefull before hand, neither studie what ye shall say: but what is giuen you at the same time, that speake: for it is not ye that speake, but the holy Ghost.

(Notes Reference) But when they shall lead [you], and deliver you up, (b) take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither (c) do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

(b) We are not forbidden to think beforehand, but we are willed to beware of that pensive carefulness by which men discourage themselves, which proceeds from distrust and lack of confidence and sure hope of God's assistance. See Mat 6:27

(Mar 13:12) Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

(Mar 13:13) And ye shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but whosoeuer shall endure vnto the end, he shalbe saued.

(Notes Reference) And ye shall be hated of all [men] (d) for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

(d) For me.

(Mar 13:14) Moreouer, when ye shall see the abomination of desolation (spoken of by Daniel the Prophet) set where it ought not, (let him that readeth, consider it) then let them that be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines,

(Notes Reference) But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, (e) standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

(e) When the heathen and profane people shall not only enter into the temple, and defile both it and the city, but also completely destroy it.

(Mar 13:15) And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, neither enter therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.

(Mar 13:16) And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.

(Mar 13:17) Then wo shalbe to the that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.

(Mar 13:18) Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter.

(Mar 13:19) For those dayes shalbe such tribulation, as was not from the beginning of ye creation which God created vnto this time, neither shalbe.

(Notes Reference) For [in] (f) those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

(f) This is an idiom which the Hebrews use and it has a great power in it, for it shows us that during that entire time one misery will follow another in such a way as if the time itself was very misery itself. So the prophet Amos says that the day of the Lord will be darkness; (Amo 5:20).

(Mar 13:20) And except that the Lord had shortened those dayes, no flesh shoulde be saued: but for the elects sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.

(Mar 13:21) Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not.

(Mar 13:22) For false Christes shall rise, and false prophets, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceiue if it were possible the very elect.

(Mar 13:23) But take ye heede: beholde, I haue shewed you all things before.

(Mar 13:24) Moreouer in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and ye moone shall not giue her light,

(Mar 13:25) And the starres of heauen shall fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shall shake.

(Mar 13:26) And then shall they see the Sonne of man comming in ye cloudes, with great power and glory.

(Mar 13:27) And he shall then send his Angels, and shall gather together his elect from the foure windes, and from the vtmost part of the earth to the vtmost part of heauen.

(Mar 13:28) Nowe learne a parable of the figge tree. When her bough is yet tender, and it bringeth foorth leaues, ye knowe that sommer is neere.

(Mar 13:29) So in like maner, when ye see these things come to passe, knowe that the kingdom of God is neere, euen at the doores.

(Mar 13:30) Verely I say vnto you, that this generation shall not passe, till all these things be done.

(Mar 13:31) Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my woordes shall not passe away.

(Mar 13:32) But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels which are in heauen, neither the Sonne himselfe, but the Father.

(Notes Reference) (2) But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

(2) The latter day is not to be searched for curiously, which day the Father alone knows: but let us rather take heed that it does not come upon us unaware.

(Mar 13:33) Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

(Mar 13:34) For the Sonne of man is as a man going into a strange countrey, and leaueth his house, and giueth authoritie to his seruaunts, and to euery man his woorke, and commandeth the porter to watch.

(Mar 13:35) Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)

(Mar 13:36) Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

(Mar 13:37) And those things that I say vnto you, I say vnto all men, Watch.