Leviticus 14:47

47 If he sleeps or eats in the house, he 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 "It must be torn down. The stones, the wood and all of the clay coating must be torn out. All of it must be taken out of the town to an 'unclean' place.

46 "Suppose someone goes into the house while it is closed up. Then he will be 'unclean' until evening.

47 If he sleeps or eats in the house, he must wash his clothes.

48 "But suppose the priest comes to look things over carefully. And suppose the mold has not spread after the walls had been coated with new clay. Then he will announce that the house is 'clean.' The mold is gone.

49 "To make the house pure, the priest must get two birds. He must also get some cedar wood, bright red yarn and branches of a hyssop plant.