extraction.deuteronomy.memory_teaching_witness

extraction.deuteronomy.memory_teaching_witness

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record_id: extraction.deuteronomy.memory_teaching_witness
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/deuteronomy.md
passage_locator:
  label: Deuteronomy 31:9-13; 31:19-22; 31:24-30
  translation: World English Bible Classic
  notes: Initial hand-curated seed extraction.
canonical_text:
  quote: You shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing... this song will
    testify before them as a witness.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Moses writes the law and gives it to the Levitical priests and elders.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The law is to be read publicly every seven years at the feast of booths.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Men, women, little ones, and foreigners are assembled to hear, learn, fear
    Yahweh, and observe the law.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: Moses is commanded to write and teach a song that will serve as a witness.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:5
  text: The book of the law is placed beside the ark of Yahweh's covenant as a witness.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Moses
  description: Writer and teacher of the law and song.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Yahweh
  description: God whose covenant ark is named and who commands the song.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Israel
  description: Assembly that hears the law and song.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Levitical priests
  description: Priests who receive the written law and bear the ark.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles: []
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: written law
  literal_form: this law
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: song
  literal_form: this song
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: witness
  literal_form: witness
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:4
  label: ark of the covenant
  literal_form: ark of Yahweh your God's covenant
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Deuteronomy 31:9-13; 31:19-22; 31:24-30
  summary: Moses writes the law, commands public reading, teaches a song as witness,
    and places the law beside the covenant ark.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: wisdom
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The passage emphasizes hearing, learning, teaching children, and preserving
    law and song.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Wisdom is used as a broad knowledge-transmission candidate.
- id: motif:2
  label: covenant
  taxonomy_refs:
  - covenant
  basis: The law is placed beside the ark of Yahweh's covenant and read to the covenant
    people.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Taxonomy reference follows existing Genesis seed usage.
- id: motif:3
  label: sacred_exchange
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: Law and song function as obligations and witnesses in the divine-human covenant
    relationship.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: low
  cautions: Functional claim needs review.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage treats written law, public recitation, and taught song as media
    for covenant memory and witness.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: pattern atlas
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: low
  limitations: Initial corpus-internal claim only; not a cross-cultural conclusion.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: Deuteronomy 31:9-13; 31:19-22; 31:24-30
  quote_or_summary: You shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing...
    this song will testify before them as a witness.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/deuteronomy.md
  rights_note: Public-domain source text.
confidence:
  extraction: medium
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: low
  notes: Seed extraction for testing the repository workflow.
reviewer_status:
  status: needs_review
  reviewer: ''
  reviewed_at: ''
  notes: Needs scholarly/human review before being treated as final.
extracted_by: Codex
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: Initial data seed for Deuteronomy.