Laws for Cleansing Houses

Leviticus 14

33 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 34 d "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, and e I put the 1 leprous plague 2 in a house in the land of your possession, 35 "and he who owns the house comes and tells the priest, saying, 'It seems to me that there is f some plague in the house,' 36 "then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to examine the plague, that all that is in the house may not be made unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house. 37 "And he shall examine the plague; and indeed if the plague is on the walls of the house with ingrained streaks, greenish or reddish, which appear to be 3 deep in the wall, 38 "then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and 4 shut up the house seven days. 39 "And the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look; and indeed if the plague has spread on the walls of the house, 40 "then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which is the plague, and they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city. 41 "And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. 42 "Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other mortar and plaster the house.

43 "Now if the plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has taken away the stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered, 44 "then the priest shall come and look; and indeed if the plague has spread in the house, it is g an active leprosy in the house. It is unclean. 45 "And he shall break down the house, its stones, its timber, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place. 46 "Moreover he who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be 5 unclean h until evening. 47 "And he who lies down in the house shall i wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 "But if the priest comes in and examines it, and indeed the plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 "And j he shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 50 "Then he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water; 51 "and he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 "And he shall 6 cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet. 53 "Then he shall let the living bird loose outside the city in the open field, and k make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 "This is the law for any l leprous sore and scale, 55 "for the m leprosy of a garment n and of a house, 56 o "for a swelling and a scab and a bright spot, 57 "to p teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy."

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
    Genesis 13:17
    "Arise, walk in the land through its length and...
    Genesis 17:8
    "Also I give to you and your descendants after ...
    Numbers 32:22
    And the land is subdued before the LORD, then a...
    Deuteronomy 7:1
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land...
    Deuteronomy 32:49
    Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, ...
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:33
    The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 91:9
    Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place.
    Psalms 91:10
    No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.
    Proverbs 3:33
    The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just.
    Zechariah 5:4
    "I will send out the curse, " says the LORD of hosts; "It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones."
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 13:51
    And he shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, in the leather or in anything made of leather, the plague is an active leprosy. It is unclean.
    Zechariah 5:4
    "I will send out the curse, " says the LORD of hosts; "It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones."
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:24
    By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening.
    Leviticus 15:5
    And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:8
    He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:4
    Then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:20
    And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 13:30
    Then the priest shall examine the sore; and indeed if it appears deeper than the skin, and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard.
    Leviticus 26:21
    Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 13:47 - 52
    Also, if a garment has a leprous plague in it, whether it is a woolen garment or a linen garment.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:34
    When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, and I put the leprous plague in a house in the land of your possession.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 13:2
    When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:47
    'to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.'"
    Leviticus 20:25
    You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
    Deuteronomy 24:8
    Take heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
    Ezekiel 44:23
    And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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