46. Anyone who enters the house while it is locked up will be unclean until evening.
47. Anyone who lies down or eats in the house must wash his clothes.
48. If, when the priest comes to look, the mildew has not reappeared after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house ritually clean, because the mildew has been completely removed.
49. To purify the house, he shall take two birds, some cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop.
50. He shall kill one of the birds over a clay bowl containing fresh spring water.