37. He will look at the mildew. The mildew on the walls of the house might be green or red. It might go into the wall’s surface.
38. If these things are true, he must go out and close up the house for seven days.
39. On the seventh day the priest must come back and check the house. The mildew may have spread on the walls of the house.
40. If it has, the priest must order the people to tear out the stones with the mildew on them. They should throw the stones away. They must put the stones at a certain unclean place outside the city.
41. Then the priest must have all the inside of the house scraped. The people must throw away the plaster they scraped off the walls. They must put the plaster at a certain unclean place outside the city.
42. Then the owner must put new stones in the walls. And he must cover the walls with new clay plaster.
43. “A person may have taken away the old stones and plaster. He may have put in new stones and plaster. But mildew may again appear in his house.
44. If it does, the priest must come back and check the house again. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a mildew that destroys things. So the house is unclean.
45. Then the owner must tear down the house. He must remove all its stones, plaster and wood. He must take them to the unclean place outside the city.
46. Anyone who goes into that house will be unclean until evening.