[#820 / 3] Pentateuch rest — Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (137 ch)

[CraigBuckmaster]

Part of Epic #820 Hermeneutic Lenses. Blocked on #820/2 pilot gate.

Genre profile

Heavy grammatical (legal language matters), typological (Sinai covenant, Passover, tabernacle as types), and mission (Israel as a kingdom of priests for the nations). christocentric substantial in Levitical sacrificial system. devotional thinner — covenant law isn't always immediately devotional in tone.

Workflow

Same as #820/2 pilot. Use /tmp/gen_{book}_lenses.py per book; never commit generators.

Acceptance criteria

• All 137 chapters across the 4 books have lens content where lenses fit
• Every entry scores ≥ 90; every entry passes tier-2 accuracy
• Schema validator Section 21 passes
• DB rebuilds; chapter_lens_content row count consistent with sparse coverage assumption (~3 lenses/chapter average)
• R2 upload + manifest delta

[CraigBuckmaster]

Pentateuch-rest pilot started — Leviticus batch 1 PR is up: #1801

Now that the Exodus pilot is closed, the Pentateuch-rest pilot opens with Leviticus 1–10 (32 entries across the sacrificial-system + ordination block).

Per-chapter distribution

Chapter	Lenses	Count
lev1	typological, christocentric, grammatical, literary	4
lev2	grammatical, typological, devotional	3
lev3	typological, canonical, christocentric	3
lev4	grammatical, typological, christocentric, devotional	4
lev5	grammatical, redemptive, typological	3
lev6	literary, devotional	2
lev7	literary, canonical	2
lev8	typological, christocentric, literary	3
lev9	typological, christocentric, canonical, devotional	4
lev10	grammatical, literary, devotional, canonical	4

Sacrificial chapters lean typological/christocentric (matches the genre profile in this issue's brief). Procedural chapters (lev6, lev7) sparse at 2. Theology peaks (lev9 fire-from-heaven, lev10 Nadab and Abihu) maxed at 4.

Pipeline gates

• schema_validator.py — 0 failures
• lens_quality_scorer.py --floor 100 — 32/32 entries at 100/100 (one first-pass fix logged in PR body — "type" is not a substring of "typological", so a typological motif phrase failed the must-have-one-of token check and was rewritten with pattern foreshadows / type-chain)
• build_sqlite.py — hermeneutic_lenses: 8 lenses, 409 contents (= 377 baseline + 32)
• validate_sqlite.py — 0 failures

Adaptation notes

• Scholar set swapped from Alter/Sarna (Genesis/Exodus) to Milgrom (Lev/Num). All panel_filter arrays use milgrom/calvin/mac — verified against Lev's section panel keys.
• Plagiarism guards were lighter than for Exodus iconic chapters because the Lev themes panels are exceptionally thin (single-sentence titles + six-tag scores). Still applied for lev9 ("Fire from Heaven") and lev10 ("Strange Fire") — see PR body.

Remaining in this pilot

• Leviticus 11–27 (~17 chapters; expect 2 more Lev batches)
• Numbers (36 chapters)
• Deuteronomy (34 chapters)

Total Lev/Num/Deut: ~107 chapters remaining after this PR. At ~3 lenses/chapter average per the issue's coverage assumption, that's roughly 320–360 more entries to land before #1782 closes.

[CraigBuckmaster]

Batch 2 of the Leviticus pilot up for review: #1802 (lev11–20).

Progress

Pilot phase	Status
Exodus 1–40	merged across #1797 / #1798 / #1799 / #1800
Leviticus 1–10	merged in #1801
Leviticus 11–20	in review at #1802 (this update)
Leviticus 21–27	next — likely batch 3
Numbers 1–36	open
Deuteronomy 1–34	open

This batch

• 33 lens entries across 10 chapters (avg 3.3/ch; lev16 maxed at 6, lev19 at 5; lev12/13/15 sparse at 2)
• Theology peaks: Day of Atonement (lev16), Holiness Code opener (lev19)
• All entries 100/100 on lens_quality_scorer.py per-chapter at floor=100
• schema_validator.py and validate_sqlite.py both clean
• chapter_lens_content table now at 442 rows (409 baseline from feat(lenses): Leviticus 1-10 lens content, batch 1 of Pentateuch-rest pilot (#820, #1782) #1801 + 33 new)

Remaining work to close this tracker

Phase	Chapters	Est. entries (at ~3/ch)	Notes
Lev batch 3	lev21–lev27 (7)	~22–25	priesthood code (21), feasts (23), and Sabbatical/Jubilee (25) are theology peaks; sabbath/feast typology and lex 25 redemption arc give 4–5 lens slots each
Numbers	num1–num36 (36)	~108–120	wilderness narrative + legal interludes; bronze serpent (21), Balaam (22–24), and the rebellion cycles (11–17) are peaks; expect heavier christocentric/typological density than Leviticus
Deuteronomy	deu1–deu34 (34)	~110–125	covenant-renewal sermons; Shema (6), blessings/curses (28), and Moses' death (34) are peaks; canonical lens density will run high here

That's ~240–270 more entries to fully close the Pentateuch-rest pilot, in roughly 7–8 more PRs at the current 30–35-entry batch size. Pace from the Exodus pilot suggests batch 3 ships next session, then Numbers in 4 batches, Deuteronomy in 3.

Watch list for tier-2 audit on this batch is in the PR body — four entries flagged for sharper-than-usual interpretive moves (lev14 typological, lev16 typological, lev17 christocentric, lev19 canonical citation roster).

[CraigBuckmaster]

Batch 3 up for review: #1803 (lev21–27).

Leviticus is complete with this PR. All 27 chapters now have lens content across #1801, #1802, #1803.

Progress

Pilot phase	Status
Exodus 1–40	merged across #1797 / #1798 / #1799 / #1800
Leviticus 1–10	merged in #1801
Leviticus 11–20	merged in #1802
Leviticus 21–27	in review at #1803 — closes Leviticus
Numbers 1–36	next
Deuteronomy 1–34	open

This batch

• 26 lens entries across 7 chapters (avg 3.7/ch — higher than batches 1–2 because three chapters are theology peaks)
• Distribution: [4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 4, 2] — lev23 (feasts) maxed at 6, lev25 (Jubilee) at 5, lev21 (priesthood) and lev26 (blessings/curses) at 4
• All entries 100/100 on lens_quality_scorer.py per-chapter at floor=100
• chapter_lens_content table now at 468 rows (442 baseline from feat(lenses): Leviticus 11-20 lens content, batch 2 of Pentateuch-rest pilot (#820, #1782) #1802 + 26 new)
• Length range 201–236 chars, all under the 250 target

Leviticus tally (cumulative, post-merge)

Batch	Chapters	Entries
#1801	lev1–10	32
#1802	lev11–20	33
#1803	lev21–27	26
Leviticus total	27 ch	91

Avg ~3.4 entries/ch across the book — a bit denser than the Exodus pilot reflected, which makes sense given Leviticus's tight thematic structure (atonement, holiness code, jubilee).

Remaining work to close this tracker

Phase	Chapters	Est. entries (at ~3.3/ch)	Notes
Numbers	num1–num36 (36)	~115–130	wilderness narrative + legal interludes; bronze serpent (21), Balaam (22–24), the rebellion cycles (11–17), Aaronic blessing (6) are peaks. Likely 4 batches of ~9 chapters each.
Deuteronomy	deu1–deu34 (34)	~115–130	covenant-renewal sermons; Shema (6), blessings/curses (28), Moses' song (32), Moses' death (34) are peaks. Likely 3–4 batches.

That's ~230–260 more entries to fully close #1782, in roughly 7–8 more PRs at the current batch size.

Tier-2 audit watch list for this batch is in the PR body — four entries flagged (lev21 typological, lev23 redemptive, lev24 grammatical, lev25 canonical) for sharpening if a reviewer wants tighter citation-vs-synthesis language.

[CraigBuckmaster]

Numbers begins. Batch 4 up for review: #1804 (num1–9).

Progress

Pilot phase	Status
Exodus 1–40	merged across #1797 / #1798 / #1799 / #1800
Leviticus 1–27	merged across #1801 / #1802 / #1803
Numbers 1–9	in review at #1804
Numbers 10–36	open (~3 batches)
Deuteronomy 1–34	open (~3–4 batches)

This batch

• 27 lens entries across 9 chapters (avg 3.0/ch — slightly below Leviticus's 3.4 because num3, 4, 5, 7, 8 are procedural-heavy)
• Distribution: [3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2, 3, 4] — num6 (Aaronic Blessing) maxed at 6
• All entries 100/100 on lens_quality_scorer.py per-chapter at floor=100
• chapter_lens_content table now at 495 rows (468 baseline from feat(lenses): Leviticus 21-27 lens content, batch 3 of Pentateuch-rest pilot (#820, #1782) #1803 + 27 new)
• Length range 211–249 chars

Scholar set change

Numbers introduces ashley (Ashley NICOT Numbers) as an additional commentator alongside milgrom/calvin/mac. Folded into panel_filter for grammatical and literary lenses; stays out of typological/christocentric/devotional mixes where mac and calvin are the primary anchors. PR body has the rationale.

Pentateuch tally (cumulative)

Book	Entries	Chapters
Exodus	(per #1797–#1800 merged total — needs lookup if asked)	40
Leviticus	91	27
Numbers (after this PR)	27	9 / 36 (25%)
Deuteronomy	0	0 / 34

Next batch (likely #1805)

num10–18 is a strong narrative arc: trumpets and departure from Sinai (10), the rebellion cycles (11–14, including the spies and the wilderness verdict), Aaronic priesthood vindicated (16–17, Korah + the budding rod), priestly duties and offerings (18). Theology peaks: num11 (manna/quail), num12 (Miriam's leprosy), num13–14 (spies + verdict), num16–17 (Korah + budding rod). Probably 5 peak chapters at 4–5 lenses each plus the rest at 2–3 = ~30–35 entries.

Tier-2 audit watch list (this batch)

Four entries flagged in PR body for sharper-than-usual interpretive moves: num3 typological (Levite→Christ synthesis), num6 christocentric (Aaronic→2 Cor 13:14 family resemblance), num8 typological (Lev→baptismal connection), num9 christocentric ("Jesus inhabits and inherits Numbers' cloud"). All defensible; just the kind of moves an auditor will want to confirm citation vs. theological-reading.