Leviticus 14:47

47 Any who lie down or eat in the house must wash their clothes.

Leviticus 14:47 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:47

And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes
Which is more than bare entrance into it, and might be supposed the more to be infected by it, and therefore obliged to the washing of himself, and his garments: and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes;
if he stayed no longer than while he ate half a piece of wheaten bread he was clean, but not if he stayed so long as to eat a like quantity of barley bread, and sat down and ate it with food ^F18.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Misn. Negaim, c. 13. sect. 8, 9.

Leviticus 14:47 In-Context

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.

47 Any who lie down or eat in the house must wash their clothes.

48 If, when the priest comes to look, the mildew has not reappeared after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house ritually clean, because the mildew has been completely removed.

49 To purify the house, he shall take two birds, some cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop.