Leviticus 14:47

47 Anyone who eats in that house or lies down there must 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 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.

47 Anyone who eats in that house or lies down there must wash his clothes.

48 "Suppose after new stones and plaster have been put in a house, the priest checks it again and the mildew has not spread. Then the priest will announce that the house is clean, because the mildew is gone.

49 "Then, to make the house clean, the priest must take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a piece of red string, and a hyssop plant.