{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000505",
  "slug": "table",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/table/",
  "canonical_name": "Table",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "TABERNACLE_TEMPLE"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001105",
      "label": "Table of the Bread of the Presence as a tabernacle furnishing",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Exodus 25:23–30 explicitly commands the construction of the table and the continual placement of the Bread of the Presence on it; this establishes the table’s cultic furnishing/function, but Scripture does not there interpret the table itself as a symbol of priesthood or “Divine food.”",
      "not_always": "Tables in Scripture can be ordinary furnishings, cultic furnishings, provision images, or fellowship settings; the referent controls the meaning.",
      "scope_note": "The table belongs to tabernacle worship and bears the Bread of the Presence; typological or sacramental meanings beyond the stated function require separate canonical warrant.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001105",
          "statement": "Exodus 25:23–30 explicitly commands the construction of the table and the continual placement of the Bread of the Presence on it; this establishes the table’s cultic furnishing/function, but Scripture does not there interpret the table itself as a symbol of priesthood or “Divine food.”",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The table belongs to tabernacle worship and bears the Bread of the Presence; typological or sacramental meanings beyond the stated function require separate canonical warrant.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "COVENANT",
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001654",
              "osis_start": "Exod.25.23",
              "osis_end": "Exod.25.30",
              "display_label": "Exodus 25:23–30",
              "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
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001106",
      "label": "The Lord’s table in a participation and allegiance contrast",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "First Corinthians 10:21 explicitly contrasts the table of the Lord with the table of demons within Paul’s argument about participation and covenantal allegiance; this strongly supports the legacy communion/fellowship association in that specific context without making every table a fellowship symbol.",
      "not_always": "The “table of the Lord” is a context-specific participation image, not a universal definition of table.",
      "scope_note": "The fellowship force arises from Paul’s explicit participation argument around the Lord’s cup/table and pagan sacrifices; ordinary tables do not inherit that meaning automatically.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001106",
          "statement": "First Corinthians 10:21 explicitly contrasts the table of the Lord with the table of demons within Paul’s argument about participation and covenantal allegiance; this strongly supports the legacy communion/fellowship association in that specific context without making every table a fellowship symbol.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The fellowship force arises from Paul’s explicit participation argument around the Lord’s cup/table and pagan sacrifices; ordinary tables do not inherit that meaning automatically.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "COVENANT"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001655",
              "osis_start": "1Cor.10.21",
              "osis_end": "1Cor.10.21",
              "display_label": "1 Corinthians 10:21",
              "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": []
}