'Picture' in the Bible
You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.
“Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the palms of My hands;Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.
And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.
girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, like the Babylonian men whose native land was Chaldea.
And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?
So they brought one. Then He asked them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.
But the Scripture has imprisoned everyone [everything—the entire world] under sin, so that [the inheritance, the blessing of salvation] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe [in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s precious Son].
for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.