22. Purification of Disease-infected houses (Lev 14:33-54)

They needed to repair or demolish the disease-infected houses according to this procedure.   

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read Leviticus 14:33-54

The owner of the infected house should report to (               ). He will examine the house after (              ) it. If there are symptoms of infection, he orders to (                ) the house for even days. If the infection is spread after seven days, they should remove the infected (             ) and scrap the whole house. They will replace the stones and (               ) the house.

If the infection returns after this repair, what do they do?

 

For purification of the house, they sprinkled (                  ) together with fresh water over the house (           ) times. They used cedar wood, twigs of (           ), a scrap of crimson fabric, and (               ) to sprinkle. Then, they send the live bird (          ).

Answers and Meditation

The priest, clearing, quarantine, stones, replaster

 

Tear down the house and bring all of it outside the camp

God doesnโ€™t want any uncleanness to stay in their midst.

 

The blood of a bird, seven, hyssop, a live bird, away

The purification procedure for a house is the same as for a man healed from skin disease. The sending away implies removing the uncleanness from among them.

There are no atonement rituals for the house, only for people. They were Godโ€™s special possession and thus holy. Because their uncleanness had offended the Lord, they should offer offerings for atonement.

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