extraction.leviticus.blood_life

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record_id: extraction.leviticus.blood_life
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/leviticus.md
passage_locator:
  label: Leviticus 17:10-14
  translation: World English Bible Classic
  notes: Initial hand-curated seed extraction.
canonical_text:
  quote: For the life of the flesh is in the blood... for the life of all flesh is
    its blood.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Eating blood is prohibited for Israelites and resident foreigners.
  category: prohibition
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Blood is associated with the life of flesh.
  category: statement
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Blood is given on the altar to make atonement.
  category: statement
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: Blood from hunted animals is to be poured out and covered with dust.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Yahweh
  description: Speaker who gives the blood command through Moses.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: children of Israel
  description: Community addressed by the prohibition.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles: []
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: blood
  literal_form: blood
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: life
  literal_form: life
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: altar
  literal_form: altar
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:4
  label: dust
  literal_form: dust
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Leviticus 17:10-14
  summary: Blood is prohibited as food, identified with life, assigned an atoning
    function on the altar, and poured out when animals are hunted.
  figure_refs: []
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: blood_as_life
  taxonomy_refs:
  - blood_as_life
  basis: Candidate motif from literal passage evidence.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Seed extraction; requires later human review.
- id: motif:2
  label: ritual_prohibition
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ritual_prohibition
  basis: Candidate motif from literal passage evidence.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Seed extraction; requires later human review.
- id: motif:3
  label: atonement_rite
  taxonomy_refs:
  - atonement_rite
  basis: Candidate motif from literal passage evidence.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Seed extraction; requires later human review.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage connects blood with life, food prohibition, and altar atonement.
  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: Leviticus 17:10-14
  quote_or_summary: For the life of the flesh is in the blood... for the life of all
    flesh is its blood.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/leviticus.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 Leviticus.