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  "slug": "amethyst",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/amethyst/",
  "canonical_name": "Amethyst",
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    "TABERNACLE_TEMPLE"
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      "label": "Amethyst is a literal precious stone used in the high-priestly breastpiece and appears again among the New Jerusalem fou",
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      "definition": "Scripture places amethyst among the twelve priestly breastpiece stones and later among the New Jerusalem foundations; the texts do not assign amethyst a unique symbolic meaning of its own.",
      "not_always": "The priestly setting and New Jerusalem context are real, but a material's presence in those structures does not establish a unique code for that stone.",
      "scope_note": "The priestly setting and New Jerusalem context are real, but a material's presence in those structures does not establish a unique code for that stone.",
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          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The priestly setting and New Jerusalem context are real, but a material's presence in those structures does not establish a unique code for that stone.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            "ISRAELOLOGY"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000308",
              "osis_start": "Exod.28.19",
              "osis_end": "Exod.28.21",
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              "osis_start": "Rev.21.20",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 1 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 1, 2026-09-20",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000093",
              "author_editor": "NET Bible translators and notes",
              "title": "NET Bible translation and translator notes for TSP-S3 Batch 1 lexical and contextual controls",
              "publication_data": "NET Bible online notes, accessed 2026-09-20",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000185",
      "label": "Amethyst symbolizes the royal priesthood.",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "No biblical passage identifies amethyst itself with the \"royal priesthood\" or assigns that theological meaning to this gemstone.",
      "not_always": "The stone participates in priestly and eschatological structures, but the unique royal-priesthood equation is not textually supplied.",
      "scope_note": "The stone participates in priestly and eschatological structures, but the unique royal-priesthood equation is not textually supplied.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000185",
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          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "The stone participates in priestly and eschatological structures, but the unique royal-priesthood equation is not textually supplied.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The breastpiece stones collectively memorialize the tribes of Israel; Revelation 21 uses foundation-jewel imagery for the city without explaining individual gem meanings.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000311",
              "osis_start": "1Pet.2.9",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Peter 2:9",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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  "negative_guardrails": []
}