Leviticus 14:33-53

33The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

34‘Canaan is my gift to you, to belong to you for ever. When you go into that land, I may put a disease called mildew in a house there.

35If a person finds mildew in his house, he must tell the priest. He must say, “I have found something like mildew in my house.”

36The priest will tell the person what he should do. The person must take everything out of the house. If he does, those things will still be clean. Then the priest will go into the house.

37He will look at the walls of the house. He will look for a green or red mark. If the mark goes into the wall,

38the priest will leave the house. He will shut it up for seven days.

39On the seventh day, the priest will return to the house. The mildew may be bigger.

40The priest must say, “You must remove the stones that have mildew.” The person must put the stones outside the town. He must put them in a special place.

41The person must cut the clay from inside the walls of the house. The person must put the clay from the walls outside the town. The person must put it in a place for things that are not clean.

42The person who lives in the house must get some more stones. He must get some more clay. Then he can mend the wall.

43A person might find mildew on the wall that he has mended. He must tell the priest.

44The priest will look at the house. If the mildew is on more of the mended wall, the house is not clean.

45The person must break the house into pieces. The person who lives in the house must put the stones outside the town. He must put the wood and the clay outside the town. He must put them in the place for things that are not clean.

46A person may go into the house while it is shut up. If he does, he will not become clean until evening.

47Any person who sleeps in a house with mildew must wash his clothes. And any person who eats in a house with mildew must wash his clothes.

48If a person mends his house, the priest must look at it. There may not be any mildew. The priest will then say that it is clean.

49The person must take two birds and some wood from the cedar tree. He must take red wool and hyssop.

50The priest will bring a pot with water in it. He will hold one of the birds over the pot and he will kill it.

51The priest will take the other bird and the wood from the cedar tree. He will take the red wool and the hyssop. He will put all of them into the blood of the dead bird. He will shake the blood and water over the house seven times. This will make the house clean.

52The priest will use the birds and the wood from the cedar tree. And he will use the wool and the hyssop to make the house clean.

53Then the priest will take the living bird outside the town. He will let the bird fly away. That will make atonement for the house. The person may then live in the house again.’