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    "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
    "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
    "technical_name": "Silver, ransom-money, choice-silver, purified-silver, and silver-speech imagery",
    "alternate_names": "silver imagery; ransom silver imagery; refined silver imagery; choice silver imagery; silver speech imagery",
    "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
    "reader_category": "Purity, value, speech, redemption price, and betrayal price / Silver imagery",
    "bullinger_class": "Biblical imagery and motif forms",
    "simple_definition": "Silver imagery uses refined silver, choice silver, ransom money, or silver payment to picture purity, value, tested speech, redemption cost, or the shame of corrupt valuation.",
    "technical_definition": "A precious-metal and exchange motif in which silver may function as pure value, tested speech, ransom or price, or degraded currency when covenant faithfulness is corrupted.",
    "source_hint": "Wave 33 draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review; distinguish this from general Gold Imagery and from broad commerce imagery by focusing on silver, purification, ransom, speech, and price.",
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    "publication_status": "draft_normalized",
    "page_status": "draft_normalized"
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      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Exod. 30:12",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "then shall they give every man a ransom",
      "explanation": "Ransom money uses silver payment to mark atonement and numbering before God.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX33_0052",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Ps. 12:6",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "as silver tried in a furnace",
      "explanation": "The words of the LORD are pictured as perfectly purified silver.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX33_0053",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Ps. 66:10",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "thou hast tried us, as silver is tried",
      "explanation": "Testing of God’s people is compared to silver refinement.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "yes",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX33_0054",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Prov. 2:4",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "seekest her as silver",
      "explanation": "Wisdom is to be pursued like valuable silver.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX33_0055",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Prov. 10:20",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the tongue of the just is as choice silver",
      "explanation": "Righteous speech is compared to select silver.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX33_0056",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Prov. 17:3",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the fining pot is for silver",
      "explanation": "The refining process becomes an analogy for the LORD’s testing of hearts.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
    {
      "example_id": "EX33_0057",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Isa. 1:22",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "thy silver is become dross",
      "explanation": "Corrupt silver pictures covenant decay and moral degradation.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
      "representative": "no",
      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
      "review_status": "draft_normalized"
    },
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      "example_id": "EX33_0058",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Isa. 1:25",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "purely purge away thy dross",
      "explanation": "Purging dross from silver pictures restorative judgment.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
      "include_on_page": "yes",
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      "review_notes": "draft-normalized; source/context check required before publication",
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      "example_id": "EX33_0059",
      "figure_id": "FOS_0396",
      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Zech. 13:9",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "will refine them as silver is refined",
      "explanation": "The remnant is purified through testing and restored covenant confession.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
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      "figure_name": "Silver, Ransom, and Refined-Speech Imagery",
      "page_slug": "silver-ransom-and-refined-speech-imagery",
      "reference": "Matt. 26:15",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "thirty pieces of silver",
      "explanation": "Silver payment exposes the shameful valuation and betrayal of Jesus.",
      "certainty": "certain",
      "source": "Draft-normalized stones/metals/clay/jewels imagery review",
      "source_section": "Stones, Metals, Clay, and Jewels Imagery Forms",
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      "representative": "no",
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