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44 then[a] the priest shall come, and he shall examine the infection,[b] and if[c] the infection has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew[d] in the house—it is unclean. 45 So[e] he shall break down the house, its stones and its wood and all of the house’s plaster,[f] and he shall bring it all[g] outside the city[h] to an unclean place. 46 And the person who enters into the house during all the days that he[i] confined[j] it shall become unclean until the evening.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:44 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 14:44 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Leviticus 14:44 Literally “look” or “behold”
  4. Leviticus 14:44 Literally “infectious disease”
  5. Leviticus 14:45 Or “And”
  6. Leviticus 14:45 See HALOT 862 s.v. 3.b
  7. Leviticus 14:45 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Leviticus 14:45 Literally “to from an outside place of the city”
  9. Leviticus 14:46 That is, the priest
  10. Leviticus 14:46 Or “closed up”

44 the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mold has spread in the house, it is a persistent defiling mold; the house is unclean.(A) 45 It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster—and taken out of the town to an unclean place.

46 “Anyone who goes into the house while it is closed up will be unclean till evening.(B)

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