Vayikra 14:47

47 And he that reclineth in the bais shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the bais shall wash his clothes.

Vayikra 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.

Vayikra 14:47 In-Context

45 And he shall tear down the bais, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the bais; and he shall carry them forth out of the town into a makom tamei.

46 Moreover he that goeth into the bais all the while that it is quarantined shall be tamei until erev.

47 And he that reclineth in the bais shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the bais shall wash his clothes.

48 And if the kohen shall come in, and examine it, and, hinei, the nega hath not spread in the bais, after the bais was plastered, then the kohen shall pronounce the bais tahor (clean), because the nega is healed.

49 And he shall take to purify the bais two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet thread, and hyssop;