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such associations belong to specific images such as sheep/flock where the text warrants them.", "asserted_classifications": [ "SYMBOL" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 7, "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "scope_limitation": "Sheep, oxen, clean animals, and other domestic species must be studied individually because their biblical functions differ.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Species-specific metaphors better account for believer imagery than a generic domestic-animal code.", "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "OTHER" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000428", "osis_start": "Ps.100.3", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Psalm 100:3", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000102", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 5 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison", "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 5, 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/", "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [ { "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-008", "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_INSUFFICIENT", "adjudication_outcome": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "decision_statement": "No positive canonical type/symbol relationship is promoted beyond the source evidence: Scripture develops Christological fulfillment through particular sacrificial institutions and images, but does not establish the generic category domestic beast as a formal type of Christ's sacrifice." } ] }