Figure 5 · Birth of Jesus

The Key of 23 adds forty units

Duration comparison · no historical date endpoint is assigned.

460 = 20 × 23
460 × 25/23 = 20 × 25 = 500

Original: 460Scale: 500 total units
Expanded: 500460 original + 40 added

500 − 460 = 40
20 × 2 = 40

A forty-unit gainIt matches the law’s counted forty-day total. The fortieth day itself follows thirty-nine elapsed days.

No dated endpoint or formal Mirror target is generated.

460 × 25/23 = 500. The gain of 40 supplies the purification overlap retained in File 13 §7.3. The 460 input belongs to the Nativity model linking John’s conception and Jesus’ birth; Luke does not state it as an exact measured interval.

Full supporting table · File 13 §7.3: 460 → 500 and purification overlap · Luke 1:24–26, BSB: narrative context · Leviticus 12:4, BSB: purification context

Person / event index: john baptist · jesus · mary · birth of jesus · purification · temple presentation

Counting and source notes

The transformation is exact under 25/23; its application to purification is typological. Assigning a dated endpoint requires the input’s origin and counting convention. This diagram presents the canonical forty-unit gain without selecting an unverified historical conception-to-presentation date.

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Two aligned bars compare 460 units with 500 units. The expanded bar contains the same 460 plus a copper extension of 40. Formulas show 460 = 20 × 23, 500 = 20 × 25 and a gain of 20 × 2 = 40. No date is assigned to the bars.
460 × 25/23 = 500. The gain of 40 supplies the purification overlap retained in File 13 §7.3. The 460 input belongs to the Nativity model linking John’s conception and Jesus’ birth; Luke does not state it as an exact measured interval.

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