Leviticus 14:55

Study note

Setting — Moses delivers this clause to the Israelites during the wilderness period, concluding a legal list on ritual purification. The verse functions as a terminal item in a priestly diagnostic framework.

The words — The Hebrew וּלְצָרַעַת הַבֶּגֶד (u.le.tzaRa'at ha.Beged) literally renders "and to the serious disease of the clothing." The text applies this identical term to the house, establishing parallel ritual status for both materials.

The thread — The text specifies fabric contamination in Leviticus 13:47, detailing wool or linen garments affected by mildew. The same terminology links skin afflictions, textile decay, and architectural mold across the priestly code.

Why it lands — The text mandates ceremonial separation of contaminated materials before any restoration is permitted. A reader must apply the same diagnostic protocol to physical disease, textile decay, and structural mold.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.