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measurement scenes can carry evaluative or delimiting significance, but “reed = judgment” overstates the object.", "not_always": "The measuring function is established; judging must be argued from a passage’s larger vision rather than from the reed itself.", "scope_note": "The measuring function is established; judging must be argued from a passage’s larger vision rather than from the reed itself.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000960", "statement": "Revelation and Ezekiel use reeds for measuring, but no inspired interpretation equates the reed itself with judgment; the legacy judging extension therefore lacks sufficient biblical evidence as a fixed code.", "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": "The measuring function is established; judging must be argued from a passage’s larger vision rather than from the reed itself.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": null, "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "ESCHATOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001378", "osis_start": "Rev.11.1", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Revelation 11:1", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001379", "osis_start": "Rev.21.15", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Revelation 21:15", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001", "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", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [] }