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  "source_note": "Generated from final CSV/JSON source state for verification and future builder input. This is not verified against any pre-existing live-site sidecar schema.",
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    "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
    "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
    "technical_name": "Blood, lifeblood, innocent blood, bloodguilt, covenant blood, and life imagery",
    "alternate_names": "lifeblood imagery; innocent blood imagery; bloodguilt imagery; covenant blood imagery",
    "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
    "reader_category": "Life, guilt, sacrifice, and covenant / Blood imagery",
    "bullinger_class": "Biblical imagery and motif forms",
    "simple_definition": "Blood and life imagery uses blood, lifeblood, innocent blood, bloodguilt, and covenant blood to speak of life, guilt, violence, atonement, redemption, witness, and covenant belonging.",
    "technical_definition": "A life-and-guilt motif in which blood represents life poured out, moral liability, violence, sacrifice, atonement, covenant ratification, redemption, or witness before God.",
    "source_hint": "Wave 27 draft-normalized bodily-life imagery review; do not collapse this into a full sacrificial-system treatment.",
    "canonical_url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/figures-of-speech-in-the-bible/blood-and-life-imagery/",
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    "page_status": "draft_normalized"
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Gen. 4:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me",
      "explanation": "Blood is personified as a witness crying out for justice after violence.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0042",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Gen. 9:4-6",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the life thereof, which is the blood thereof",
      "explanation": "Blood language grounds the sanctity of life and the seriousness of bloodshed.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
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    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0043",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Lev. 17:11",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the life of the flesh is in the blood",
      "explanation": "Blood represents life given by God and the appointed means of atonement.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0044",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Exod. 12:13",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "when I see the blood, I will pass over you",
      "explanation": "Passover blood functions as a covenant sign of protection from judgment.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0045",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Deut. 19:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "innocent blood be not shed",
      "explanation": "Innocent blood imagery marks moral guilt requiring covenant justice.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0046",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Ps. 72:14",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "precious shall their blood be in his sight",
      "explanation": "Blood represents the lives of the needy as precious under righteous kingship.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
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    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0047",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Isa. 1:15",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "your hands are full of blood",
      "explanation": "Blood on the hands exposes guilt, violence, and unacceptable worship.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "Draft-normalized; source/context check before publication.",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX27_0048",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Matt. 26:28",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "this is my blood of the new testament",
      "explanation": "Covenant blood language presents Christ's death as the basis of forgiveness.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
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      "example_id": "EX27_0049",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Acts 20:28",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "purchased with his own blood",
      "explanation": "Blood imagery communicates costly redemption and divine ownership of the church.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
      "source_section": "Human Action, Bodily-Life, and Relational Response Imagery Forms",
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0235",
      "figure_name": "Blood and Life Imagery",
      "page_slug": "blood-and-life-imagery",
      "reference": "Rev. 12:11",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "overcame him by the blood of the Lamb",
      "explanation": "The blood of the Lamb is the ground of victory and faithful witness.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized human action/bodily-life/relational response imagery review",
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