Historical Precedents

• Leviticus 14:33 - 48

• Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said: if the house is pitted with reddish or green depressions

  • the priest shall shut it for seven days
  • remove infected stones and throw them in some unclean place
  • if the house remains unclean it must be pulled down
  • anyone who enters the house will be unclean until the evening
  • if the infection does not spread the priest is to declare it clean