Leviticus 14:37-47

37 and examine the mildew. If there are greenish or reddish spots that appear to be eating into the wall,

38 he shall leave the house and lock it up for seven days.

39 On the seventh day he shall return and examine it again. If the mildew has spread,

40 he shall order that the stones on which the mildew is found be removed and thrown into some unclean place outside the city.

41 After that he must have all the interior walls scraped and the plaster dumped in an unclean place outside the city.

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.

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

Leviticus 14:37-47 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 14

This chapter treats of the purification of lepers, and the rules to be observed therein; and first what the priest was to do for his cleansing when brought to him, by making use of two birds, with cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop, as directed, Le 14:1-7; what he was to do for himself, shaving off all his hair, and washing his flesh and clothes in water, Le 14:8,9; the offerings to be offered up for him, two he lambs and one ewe lamb, and a meat offering, with a particular account of the use of the blood of the trespass offering, and of oil put upon the tip of his right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, Le 14:10-20; but if poor, only one lamb was required, a meat offering of one tenth deal, and two turtle doves or two young pigeons, and blood and oil used as before, Le 14:21-32; next follow an account of leprosy in an house, and the signs of it, and the rules to judge of it, Le 14:33-48; and the manner of cleansing from it, Le 14:49-53; and the chapter is closed with a recapitulation of the several laws concerning the various sorts of leprosy in this and the preceding chapter, Le 14:54-57.