Leviticus 14:44

44 the priest must come back and check the house again. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a mildew that destroys things; the house is unclean.

Leviticus 14:44 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:44

Then the priest shall come and look
On the seventh day of the second week; though, according to Maimonides ^F15, this was at the end of the third seven day, or on the nineteenth day from his first inspection into it; the seventh day being reckoned for the last of the first week, and the first of the second, and so on: and, behold, [if] the plague be spread in the house;
after all the above precaution is taken; it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house;
like that in the garment, (See Gill on Leviticus 13:51): it [is] unclean;
and so not to be inhabited.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Hilchot Tumaat Tzarat, c. 15. sect. 1, 2.

Leviticus 14:44 In-Context

42 Then the owner must put new stones in the walls, and he must cover the walls with new clay plaster.

43 "Suppose a person has taken away the old stones and plaster and put in new stones and plaster. If mildew again appears in his house,

44 the priest must come back and check the house again. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a mildew that destroys things; the house is unclean.

45 Then the owner must tear down the house, remove all its stones, plaster, and wood, and take them to the unclean place outside the city.

46 Anyone who goes into that house while it is closed up will be unclean until evening.