42. Then the owner must put new stones in the walls, and he must cover the walls with new clay plaster.
43. “Suppose a person has taken away the old stones and plaster and put in new stones and plaster. If mildew again appears in his house,
44. 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; the house is unclean.
45. Then the owner must tear down the house, remove all its stones, plaster, and wood, and take them to the unclean place outside the city.
46. Anyone who goes into that house while it is closed up will be unclean until evening.
47. Anyone who eats in that house or lies down there must wash his clothes.
48. “Suppose after new stones and plaster have been put in a house, the priest checks it again and the mildew has not spread. Then the priest will announce that the house is clean, because the mildew is gone.
49. “Then, to make the house clean, the priest must take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a piece of red string, and a hyssop plant.
50. He will kill one bird in a clay bowl containing fresh water.
51. Then he will take the bird that is still alive, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red string, and he will dip them into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. The priest will sprinkle the blood on the house seven times.