extraction.numbers.wilderness_wandering_judgment

extraction.numbers.wilderness_wandering_judgment

---
record_id: extraction.numbers.wilderness_wandering_judgment
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/numbers.md
passage_locator:
  label: Numbers 14:1-35
  translation: World English Bible Classic
  notes: Initial hand-curated seed extraction.
canonical_text:
  quote: Only don't rebel against Yahweh... Your children shall be wanderers in the
    wilderness forty years.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The congregation murmurs against Moses and Aaron after the spy report.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Joshua and Caleb tell the congregation not to rebel or fear.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Yahweh's glory appears in the Tent of Meeting.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: The adults who complained are told they will die in the wilderness.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:5
  text: The children are said to be wanderers in the wilderness for forty years.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: children of Israel
  description: The congregation that complains and fears entering the land.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Moses
  description: Intercedes after Yahweh speaks of judgment.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Joshua and Caleb
  description: Spies who urge the congregation not to rebel.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Yahweh
  description: Announces pardon and judgment.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles: []
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: wilderness
  literal_form: wilderness
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: forty years
  literal_form: forty years
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: promised land
  literal_form: land
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Numbers 14:1-35
  summary: The congregation resists entering the land, Moses intercedes, and Yahweh
    announces that the complaining generation will die while their children wander
    forty years.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: wilderness_wandering
  taxonomy_refs:
  - departure
  basis: The passage sends the community back into the wilderness for a prolonged
    journey.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Seed extraction; requires later human review.
- id: motif:2
  label: divine_judgment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Yahweh announces consequences for rebellion and complaint.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Seed extraction; requires later human review.
- id: motif:3
  label: threshold_refusal
  taxonomy_refs:
  - initiation
  basis: The people stand at the threshold of the land but refuse because of fear.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: low
  cautions: Motif label is tentative and based only on this passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage presents wilderness wandering as a consequence of communal refusal
    and complaint at the border of the land.
  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: Numbers 14:1-35
  quote_or_summary: Only don't rebel against Yahweh... Your children shall be wanderers
    in the wilderness forty years.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/numbers.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 Numbers; source text is public domain.