Leviticus 14:35

35 the owner of that house must come and tell the priest. He should say, 'I have seen something like mildew in my house.'

Leviticus 14:35 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:35

And he that owneth the house shall come, and tell the priest,
&c.] As soon as he observes any sign of leprosy in it, or which gives him a suspicion of it: saying, it seemeth unto me [there is] as it were a plague in the
house;
he must not say expressly there is one, how certain soever he may be of it, because the matter must be determined by a priest: so runs the Jewish canon ^F9, he whose the house is comes and declares to the priest, saying, there appears to me as a plague in the house; and though he is a wise man, and knows that there is a plague certainly, he may not determine, and say, there appears to me a plague in the house, but there appears to me as it were a plague in the house; it looks like one, there is some reason to suspect it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Misn. Negaim, c. 12. sect. 5. Jarchi in loc.

Leviticus 14:35 In-Context

33 The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron,

34 "I am giving the land of Canaan to your people. When they enter that land, if I cause mildew to grow in someone's house in that land,

35 the owner of that house must come and tell the priest. He should say, 'I have seen something like mildew in my house.'

36 Then the priest must order the people to empty the house before he goes in to look at the mildew. This is so he will not have to say that everything in the house is unclean. After this, the priest will go in to look at it.

37 He will look at the mildew, and if the mildew on the walls of the house is green or red and goes into the wall's surface,