# C96 — N04’s27-year alignment is the original Levi–Joseph lifespan difference

22 September 2026 · Step 4 of the authorized ten-step Mirror continuation (C93–C102).

The two ordinary-to-apparent base alignments are now source-to-source comparisons, but their right endpoints have different meanings:

| Branch | Ordinary midpoint source | Apparent-base source | Both endpoint shifts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N02 | 1929: fixed regular MT Jacob call / flight to Haran | 1904: original Joseph closing | -25 |
| N04 | 1931: cumulative MT Levi envelope member | 1904: original Joseph closing | -27 |

For N04, the 27 difference is internal to the original cumulative portion. The three closing members are

\[
1931\ ({\rm Levi}),\quad 1904\ ({\rm Joseph}),\quad 1794\ ({\rm Kohath}),
\]
\[
1931-1794=137,\quad 1904-1794=110,\quad 1931-1904=27.
\]

Each is the−2 envelope member relative to its Moses coordinate. Thus the N04 named midpoint and new apparent-base Joseph endpoint use a matched source-member relation. This differs from C87's comparison between N04's Joseph 1908, aligned Levi 1935, and midpoint Levi 1931: the earlier distinction remains intact.

For N02, the 25 difference compares fixed Jacob-Haran 1929 with the derived Joseph closing 1904. It is a cross-record interval, not the same Levi/Joseph lifespan contrast.

The source-endpoint shifts agree with the respective Creation-member differences−25 and−27, preserving 6348. The two descriptions are related interval placements. They do not define a new apparent-age operator, move Jacob or Levi by regular Gears, or supply independent calibrations of 529.

**Validation.** 8 exact arithmetic/structural checks passed. The 20 frozen dependencies passed hash verification; all three generated outputs replayed byte for byte in isolation, and the original dependencies remained unchanged. This step reads completed certificates and does not execute their campaigns.

**Scope and provenance.** Controlling File_18 and File_09 remain unchanged. Regular Gears apply only to Noah/Shem/Flood; SP person companions only to Noah/Shem. Creation and Conquest fields remain fixed. Native LXX ON, explicitly derived OFF, independent Flood start/close, and paired suffix inversion at January AD 1 remain in force. No civil year zero, upstream Gear transport, primers, Rounded campaign, or localized −33 is introduced. These are new continuation reports, not recovered historical Reports 11–25. Evidence is conditional on the supplied project model, not a proof of literary intention or independent historical dating.

**Source locators.** File_09 §3 and Appendix A (paired Mirror and exact phase); File_18 §§2.1.3, 2.4, 3.1 and 6/6A (regular fields and cumulative collateral source); File_61 §§3.3–3.4, 11.1–11.4 and 14.3 (fixed Jacob events, original Joseph portion and its 500-year Conquest comparison); File_62 collateral-scope guards; C01/C05 retained endpoint and apparent-field results; frozen C15/C43/C65/C67/C68/C74–C76/C86/C89/C92 dependencies (source, phase and family controls). The declared phase model does not infer an unstated birthday or event month from an annual source row.

**Best next bounded step — High sufficient.** Use the new 6348 source interval to qualify C05’s previously conditional 529+23 first-stage triangle.