Leviticus 14:44

44 the priest shall go and look. If it has spread, the house is unclean.

Leviticus 14:44 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:44

Then the priest shall come and look
On the seventh day of the second week; though, according to Maimonides F15, this was at the end of the third seven day, or on the nineteenth day from his first inspection into it; the seventh day being reckoned for the last of the first week, and the first of the second, and so on: and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the house;
after all the above precaution is taken; it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house;
like that in the garment, (See Gill on Leviticus 13:51): it [is] unclean;
and so not to be inhabited.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Hilchot Tumaat Tzarat, c. 15. sect. 1, 2.

Leviticus 14:44 In-Context

42 Then other stones are to be used to replace the stones that were removed, and new plaster will be used to cover the walls.
43 If the mildew breaks out again in the house after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and plastered,
44 the priest shall go and look. If it has spread, the house is unclean.
45 It must be torn down, and its stones, its wood, and all its plaster must be carried out of the city to an unclean place.
46 Any who enter the house while it is locked up will be unclean until evening.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.