44. the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled.
45. It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.
46. Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening,
47. and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.
48. “But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone.
49. To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.