⁴⁴ Then the priest must go and look things over carefully. Suppose the mold has spread in the house. Then it is the kind of mold that destroys things. The house is not ‘clean.’ ⁴⁵ It must be torn down. The stones, the wood and all 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 they will be ‘unclean’ until evening.