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.
47. Anyone who eats in that house or lies down there must wash his clothes.
48. “After new stones and plaster have been put in a house, the priest must check it again. The mildew may not have spread in the house. Then the priest will announce that the house is clean. This is because the mildew is gone.
49. “Then, to make the house clean, the priest must take two birds. He must also take a piece of cedar wood, a piece of red cloth and a hyssop plant.
50. He will kill one bird in a clay bowl containing fresh water.
51. Then he will take the other bird that is still alive. He will also take the cedar wood, the hyssop and the red cloth. He will dip the living bird and other things into the blood. (This is the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.) Then the priest will sprinkle the blood on the house seven times.
52. He will use the bird’s blood, the fresh water and the live bird. And he will use the cedar wood, the hyssop and the red cloth. With these things he will make the house clean.
53. The priest will go to an open field outside the city. And he will let the living bird go free. This is how the priest makes the house clean and ready for service to the Lord.”
54. These are the teachings about any kind of skin disease.
55. These are the teachings for mildew on pieces of cloth or in a house.
56. These are also the teachings for swellings, rashes or bright spots on the skin.
57. They teach when things are unclean and when they are clean. These are the teachings about all these kinds of diseases.