“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.

In humiliation ¹  justice was taken from him. ²  Who can describe his posterity? ³  For his life was taken away ⁴  from the earth.” ⁵ 

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”

How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

“To what then should I compare the people ¹  of this generation, and what are they like?

Watch out, ¹  then, that what is spoken about by ²  the prophets does not happen to you:

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, ²  my ears have heard and understood it.

The king ¹  asked them, “Describe the appearance ²  of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”

Consider its defenses! ¹  Walk through ²  its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it! ³ 

All this ¹  monotony ²  is tiresome; no one can bear ³  to describe it: ⁴  The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content ⁵  with hearing.

“To ¹  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, ² 

and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,

Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. ¹ 

He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me ¹  the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” ² 

“Return to your home, ¹  and declare ²  what God has done for you.” ³  So ⁴  he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town ⁵  what Jesus ⁶  had done for him.

‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! ¹  For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’” ² 

For certain men ¹  have secretly slipped in among you ²  – men who long ago ³  were marked out ⁴  for the condemnation I am about to describe ⁵  – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil ⁶  and who deny our only Master ⁷  and Lord, ⁸  Jesus Christ.

When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design – all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.