Leviticus 14:35

35 Then the owner of that house must go and speak to the priest. He must say, 'I've seen something that looks like mold 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 spoke to Moses and Aaron. He told them to say to the people,

34 "You will enter the land of Canaan. I am giving it to you as your own. When you enter it, suppose I put mold in one of your houses. And suppose the mold spreads.

35 Then the owner of that house must go and speak to the priest. He must say, 'I've seen something that looks like mold in my house.'

36 "The priest must order everything to be taken out of the house. It must be done before he goes in to look carefully at the mold. If it is not done, the priest must announce that everything in the house is 'unclean.' "After the house is empty the priest must go in and check it.

37 He must look carefully at the mold that is on the walls. Suppose it looks as if it has green or red dents in it. And suppose the dents look as if they are behind the surface of the wall.