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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000207",
  "slug": "ephod",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/ephod/",
  "canonical_name": "Ephod",
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    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "GARMENTS",
    "OFFICES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000490",
      "label": "Ephod as an instituted priestly/cultic garment",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "The ephod is first an actual cultic garment, especially prescribed for Aaronic/high-priestly service and also attested as a linen garment in other ministry contexts.",
      "not_always": "Its strong priestly association is institutional and contextual; the object is not automatically a free-standing symbol in every occurrence.",
      "scope_note": "Preserve the historical priestly function before making symbolic or typological claims.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000490",
          "statement": "The legacy “priesthood ministry” association is strongly grounded in the ephod’s actual cultic use, but it should be classified first as an instituted priestly garment rather than as a free-standing symbol.",
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            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Preserve the historical priestly function before making symbolic or typological claims.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000773",
              "osis_start": "Exod.28.6",
              "osis_end": "Exod.28.12",
              "display_label": "Exodus 28:6–12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000774",
              "osis_start": "1Sam.2.18",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Samuel 2:18",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000775",
              "osis_start": "1Sam.23.9",
              "osis_end": "1Sam.23.12",
              "display_label": "1 Samuel 23:9–12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000189",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew ephod: ephod / priestly garment",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/646.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000491",
      "label": "Proposed universal ephod = priesthood ministry symbol",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Although the ephod is strongly priestly in the Torah and Samuel narratives, Scripture also records Gideon’s ephod becoming a snare and cultic abuse, showing that the object itself does not guarantee legitimate priestly meaning.",
      "not_always": "Institutional association must not be converted into an invariant symbolic code or later Christological detail allegory.",
      "scope_note": "Retain the priestly-office association while rejecting an intrinsic symbolic equation for every ephod occurrence.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000491",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish every ephod as a fixed symbol of legitimate priesthood ministry; the garment’s significance depends on the authorized cultic context.",
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            "SYMBOL"
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          "evidence_grade": 7,
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          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Retain the priestly-office association while rejecting an intrinsic symbolic equation for every ephod occurrence.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000776",
              "osis_start": "Judg.8.27",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Judges 8:27",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000773",
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              "osis_end": "Exod.28.12",
              "display_label": "Exodus 28:6–12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
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              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000189",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew ephod: ephod / priestly garment",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
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    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000132",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "אֵפוֹד",
      "transliteration": "ephod",
      "strongs_id": "H646",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}