extraction.deuteronomy.sacred_mountain_law
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record_id: extraction.deuteronomy.sacred_mountain_law
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/deuteronomy.md
passage_locator:
label: Deuteronomy 4:9-14
translation: World English Bible Classic
notes: Initial hand-curated seed extraction.
canonical_text:
quote: You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire...
He declared to you his covenant.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Israel is told not to forget what their eyes saw.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The people stood before Yahweh at Horeb.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The mountain burned with fire, darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Yahweh spoke from the middle of the fire, and the people heard a voice without
seeing a form.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Yahweh declared a covenant and wrote the ten commandments on two stone tablets.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Yahweh
description: Speaker from the fire at Horeb.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Israel
description: People addressed by Moses as witnesses to the Horeb event.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses
description: Teacher of statutes and ordinances.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles: []
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain
literal_form: Horeb mountain
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fire
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: voice
literal_form: voice of words
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: stone tablets
literal_form: two stone tablets
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Deuteronomy 4:9-14
summary: Israel is reminded of standing at Horeb, hearing Yahweh speak from fire,
and receiving covenant commandments on stone tablets.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: cosmic_mountain
taxonomy_refs:
- cosmic_mountain
basis: Horeb is the setting for divine speech and covenant declaration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a revelation setting; broader cosmic-mountain classification
needs review.
- id: motif:2
label: wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage links remembered revelation with teaching statutes and ordinances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: Candidate motif only; this record does not claim a full wisdom tradition.
- id: motif:3
label: covenant
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage explicitly says Yahweh declared a covenant and wrote commandments
on tablets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: Taxonomy reference follows existing Genesis seed usage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage links sacred mountain revelation, divine voice, fire, and written
covenant law.
claim_level: same_motif
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 4:9-14
quote_or_summary: You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned
with fire... He declared to you his covenant.
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.