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      "not_always": "The bed itself is not the controlling metaphor for idolatry; adultery/harlotry carries that covenantal meaning in the relevant passages.",
      "scope_note": "The bed itself is not the controlling metaphor for idolatry; adultery/harlotry carries that covenantal meaning in the relevant passages.",
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          "scope_limitation": "The bed itself is not the controlling metaphor for idolatry; adultery/harlotry carries that covenantal meaning in the relevant passages.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000432",
              "osis_start": "Prov.7.16",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000433",
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              "osis_end": null,
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              "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",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000103",
              "author_editor": "NET Bible / Bible.org / Cambridge commentary contributors",
              "title": "Contextual and cultural controls for TSP-S3 Batch 5",
              "publication_data": "Online exegetical, lexical, and historical notes accessed 2026-09-20",
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000252",
      "label": "Fixed adulterous bed = spiritual fornication, lusts, idolatry symbolism",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy list makes the adulterous bed itself a symbol of spiritual fornication, lust, and idolatry.",
      "not_always": "Where prophetic texts use beds/couches, the broader adultery/harlotry context must control the interpretation.",
      "scope_note": "Where prophetic texts use beds/couches, the broader adultery/harlotry context must control the interpretation.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000252",
          "statement": "Spiritual adultery/idolatry is a well-established biblical metaphor, but the bed is normally a contextual setting or image and is not independently interpreted as the universal symbol carrying the covenantal meaning.",
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          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Where prophetic texts use beds/couches, the broader adultery/harlotry context must control the interpretation.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The covenantal adultery/harlotry metaphor, not the furniture item itself, carries the idolatry meaning.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000434",
              "osis_start": "Ezek.23.17",
              "osis_end": null,
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