segment,first_numbered_day,last_numbered_day,counted_days,meaning,source Initial period,1,7,7,Seven counted days preceding circumcision,Leviticus 12:2–3; File_13 §7.3 Circumcision day,8,8,1,First counted day of the further thirty-three,Leviticus 12:3–4; File_13 §7.3 After the circumcision day,9,40,32,Remaining thirty-two counted days,File_13 §7.3 Further purification,8,40,33,Circumcision day plus the remaining thirty-two,Leviticus 12:4; File_14 §2.1 Whole inclusive sequence,1,40,40,Fortieth day is thirty-nine elapsed days after birth,File_13 §§7.2–7.3