Leviticus 14:34–45

³⁴“When you enter the land of Canaan ^wthat I am giving you as a possession, ^xand I place a mildew contamination in a house in the land you possess, ^y35the owner of the house is to come and tell the priest: Something like mildew contamination has appeared ^zin my house. ³⁶The priest must order them to clear the house before he enters to examine the contamination, so that nothing in the house becomes unclean. Afterward the priest will come to examine the house. ³⁷He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations ^athat appear to be beneath the surface of the wall, ³⁸the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days. ³⁹The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house, ⁴⁰the priest must order that the stones with the contamination be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city. ⁴¹He is to have the inside of the house completely scraped, and the plaster ^bthat is scraped off must be dumped in an unclean place outside the city. ⁴²Then they must take different stones to replace the former ones and take additional plaster ^cto replaster the house.

⁴³“If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered, ⁴⁴the priest must come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean. ⁴⁵It must be torn down with its stones, its beams, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.