Leviticus 14:47

And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

In Context

46Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.

48If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:8The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:34-54

33 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: 36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward… Read the whole commentary →

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