diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num19.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num19.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ddd34826 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num19.json @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "grammatical", + "guidance": "vv 2-3's parah adummah ('red heifer') is rare specification — color and gender both matter. The Hebrew adummah shares its root with adam (man, ground) and dam (blood). Earth, humanity, and blood gather in one descriptor.", + "panel_filter": [ + "heb", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "hebtext" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "heb", + "hebtext", + "milgrom", + "ashley" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "typological", + "guidance": "vv 2-10's heifer slain outside the camp, its ashes mixed with water for purification, is the pattern Heb 9:13-14 names: 'how much more, then, will the blood of Christ... cleanse our consciences.' The shadow gives way to substance.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "christocentric", + "guidance": "vv 3-4's heifer slain 'outside the camp' is what Heb 13:11-12 reads christologically: 'Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.' The location matters; the cross fulfils Lev/Num's geography.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "vv 11-22's death-defilement and seven-day cleansing rule threads across Scripture into Eph 2:1-5 and Col 2:13 — those 'dead in trespasses' raised by Christ. The canon answers the chapter's recurring question: who can touch death and live?", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "redemptive", + "guidance": "vv 17-19's hyssop bundle dipped in the cleansing water echoes Ex 12:22 (Passover) and Ps 51:7 ('cleanse me with hyssop'). The covenant arc threads one cleansing instrument across the redemptive history of Israel.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes", + "calvin" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num20.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num20.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b462e4c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num20.json @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "literary", + "guidance": "The chapter's three movements — Miriam's death (v 1), Meribah and Moses's failure (vv 2-13), Edom refusal and Aaron's death (vv 14-29) — frame leadership transition. The structure marks loss: prophetess gone, leader disqualified, priest at rest.", + "panel_filter": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "christocentric", + "guidance": "vv 7-11's struck rock — 'water came out abundantly' — is what 1 Cor 10:4 names: 'they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.' Paul's identification makes the wilderness rock a christological anchor.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "typological", + "guidance": "vv 7-12's two strikes (commanded once, struck twice) prefigure why the rock in Ex 17 was struck once and the rock here was meant to be spoken to. The pattern: Christ smitten once for sin (Heb 9:28); thereafter we speak, not strike.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "vv 12's verdict on Moses — 'because you did not trust me enough to honor me as holy' — echoes throughout Scripture. Ps 106:32-33 cites it; Deut 32:51 returns to it. Moses's failure threads canonically as warning to leaders.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "devotional", + "guidance": "vv 10-12's anger turned to action — Moses striking instead of speaking — names the heart's failure under provocation. To trust today is to obey the LORD's exact word, not the heart's logic. Even the meek prophet was disqualified by frustration.", + "panel_filter": [ + "mac", + "calvin", + "rec", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "rec", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num21.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num21.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d0a6fe58 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num21.json @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "literary", + "guidance": "The chapter's six movements — Hormah victory (vv 1-3), serpents and the bronze pole (vv 4-9), Beer well-song (vv 10-20), Sihon and Og defeated (vv 21-35) — alternate judgment with deliverance. The structure prepares Israel for entry.", + "panel_filter": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "christocentric", + "guidance": "vv 8-9's bronze serpent on a pole is what Jesus names at Jn 3:14-15: 'just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.' Christ explicitly cites this passage as a type of his cross.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "typological", + "guidance": "vv 8-9's looking-and-living establishes the gospel pattern. The bitten Israelite is healed not by climbing the pole but by faith's gaze. The shadow prefigures justification by faith — the look at the lifted-up one is what saves.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "vv 8-9's bronze serpent threads across Scripture into 2 Kgs 18:4 (Hezekiah breaks 'Nehushtan,' the venerated relic) to Jn 3:14-15. The canon contains both the type's institution and its fulfillment, with caution against idolizing the symbol.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "devotional", + "guidance": "vv 4-5's grumbling — 'we detest this miserable food' (the manna) — names the heart's contempt for ordinary grace. To trust today is to receive what is given without complaint, lest the cure for grumbling become a bronze serpent on a pole.", + "panel_filter": [ + "mac", + "calvin", + "rec", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "rec", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num22.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num22.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5ad35726 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num22.json @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "grammatical", + "guidance": "vv 28-30's speaking donkey — the Hebrew preserves a fluent dialogue between beast and prophet. The verb dabar ('speak') is not weakened; same root used for prophetic oracles. The narrator treats animal speech grammatically as direct address.", + "panel_filter": [ + "heb", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "hebtext" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "heb", + "hebtext", + "milgrom", + "ashley" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "v 18's Balaam claiming he could not 'go beyond the word of the LORD' is tested across Scripture. 2 Pet 2:15-16 / Jude 11 / Rev 2:14 each cite Balaam canonically as a warning — the prophet who knew the truth and sold it.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "devotional", + "guidance": "vv 12, 20, 32's three divine answers to Balaam — clear no, conditional yes, hostile angel — name how the heart that loves wages still pushes for permission. To pray today is to receive the first answer, not negotiate three rounds with the LORD.", + "panel_filter": [ + "mac", + "calvin", + "rec", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "rec", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num23.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num23.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5b6e5051 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num23.json @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "literary", + "guidance": "vv 1-12 (first oracle) and vv 13-26 (second oracle) follow identical literary form: seven altars built, sacrifices offered, Balaam withdraws to receive the word, returns to Balak with poetic blessing. The structure makes repetition the rhetoric.", + "panel_filter": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "v 19's 'God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind' echoes throughout Scripture into 1 Sam 15:29, Mal 3:6, Heb 6:18, Jas 1:17. The oracle gives the canon one of its core attributes — divine reliability.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "redemptive", + "guidance": "vv 21-23's 'no misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel' speaks the covenant verdict over the people Balaam was hired to curse. The redemptive arc protects what cannot be cursed; the promise to Abraham still stands.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes", + "calvin" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num24.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num24.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4785dc38 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num24.json @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "christocentric", + "guidance": "v 17's 'a star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel' is read messianically across Scripture. Mt 2:2's 'we have seen his star' echoes the Balaam oracle; the wise men come to the king the pagan prophet announced.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "typological", + "guidance": "vv 17-19's star-and-scepter pair forms a royal type — astronomical sign plus governing instrument. Rev 22:16's 'I am the bright morning star' returns to the Balaam image, Christ identifying himself with what was foretold from the plains of Moab.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "v 17's 'star out of Jacob' echoes throughout Scripture as messianic anchor. Qumran (CD 7, 4Q175) cites it; rabbinic literature reads it of bar-Kokhba; Mt 2 reads it of Christ. The verse threads across pre-Christian and Christian readings.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "mission", + "guidance": "v 17's word is delivered by a foreign prophet to a foreign king on behalf of the nations watching Israel. The oracle that Israel will rule comes outward through Balaam's mouth — God's gospel proclamation runs through the most unlikely vessel.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num25.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num25.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c96fd5ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num25.json @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "literary", + "guidance": "The chapter's two movements — sexual/cultic apostasy with Moab (vv 1-5) and Phinehas's intervention (vv 6-15) — pivot on a single act. The structure presents zealous priesthood as the answer to seductive syncretism, plague stopped by spear.", + "panel_filter": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "vv 10-13's Phinehas's covenant of peace — 'because he was zealous for his God' — is what Ps 106:30-31 echoes: 'this was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations.' The same crediting-as-righteousness language threads forward to Rom 4.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "redemptive", + "guidance": "vv 12-13's covenant of peace and 'lasting priesthood' grants Phinehas's line continuity. The redemptive arc keeps the priesthood faithful through a son's zeal, even as the priestly father's generation dies in the wilderness.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes", + "calvin" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num26.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num26.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..228cc871 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num26.json @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "literary", + "guidance": "vv 1-51 reproduces the form of Num 1's census but with the new generation. The structure is not redundant — it's covenant accounting. Same tribes, fresh names, renewed roster. The form witnesses that the wilderness verdict has run its course.", + "panel_filter": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "lit", + "milgrom", + "ashley", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "redemptive", + "guidance": "vv 64-65's note — 'not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron... for the LORD had told those Israelites they would surely die in the wilderness' — closes a covenant chapter. The redemptive arc continues with the next generation.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes", + "calvin" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "calvin", + "themes" + ] + } + ] +} diff --git a/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num27.json b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num27.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d0577fb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/hermeneutic_lenses/chapters/num27.json @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +{ + "lenses": [ + { + "lens_id": "canonical", + "guidance": "vv 1-11's case of Zelophehad's daughters — inheritance preserved through women when no son survives — threads across Scripture into Josh 17:3-6 (the case applied) and the principle of legal precedent. The chapter's verses extend through later texts.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "thread", + "themes" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "thread", + "cross", + "themes" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "mission", + "guidance": "vv 1-11's daughters bringing their case to Moses, the priest, and the leaders — and being heard — extends covenant participation. The narrative gives the women voice in the assembly; the LORD answers with statute. Inclusion runs outward.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + }, + { + "lens_id": "typological", + "guidance": "vv 12-23's commissioning of Joshua — laid hands upon, given some of Moses's authority — prefigures Christ. The shadow runs from this Joshua (Yehoshua) to the New Testament Yeshua, the greater Joshua who leads his people into eschatological rest.", + "panel_filter": [ + "cross", + "mac", + "calvin", + "thread" + ], + "panel_order": [ + "mac", + "cross", + "thread", + "calvin" + ] + } + ] +}