Leviticus 14:47

47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his 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 And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall cast the stones and timber thereof, and all the dust without the town into an unclean place.

46 He that entereth into the house when it is shut, shall be unclean until evening,

47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any thing, shall wash his clothes.

48 But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plastered again, he shall purify it, it being cured.

49 And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.