52. He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn.
53. Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.’
54. These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease, for a sore,
55. for defiling moulds in fabric or in a house,
56. and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot,
57. to determine when something is clean or unclean.These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling moulds.