Leviticus 14:48

48 And if the priest shall come in * , and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered : then the priest shall pronounce the house clean , because the plague is healed .

Leviticus 14:48 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:48

And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it]
That is, on the seventh day of the second week of its being shut up: and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house
was plastered; (See Gill on Leviticus 14:42): then the priest shall pronounce the house clean;
fit to be inhabited, and so no more to be shut up, but free for use as before: because the plague is healed;
the infection being wholly removed by taking out the stones, scraping, and plastering the house, and so an entire stop put to the spread of it.

Leviticus 14:48 In-Context

46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 And if the priest shall come in , and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered : then the priest shall pronounce the house clean , because the plague is healed .

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet , and hyssop:

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: