48If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
49He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house; 50and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.
51Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.
53Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
54This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak, 55for mildew in clothing or in a house, 56and for a swelling, rash, or spot, 57to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.
“To teach; to direct the priest when to pronounce a person or house clean or unclean. So it was not left to the priest’s power or will, but they were tied to plain rules, such as the people might discern no less than the priest.” (Poole)
With a spiritual analogy our house can be infected with sin and be unclean.
We would need to cleanse it of the sin, repent, pray and to make it spiritually clean.
Some of the sources of sin could be alcohol, drugs, pornography, television, etc.
Is the internet your source of pornography? Disconnect it.
Is cable or satellite causing you to watch unclean movies? Unplug!
Are drugs and alcohol a source of your addiction? Get rid of it and seek help!
Most of all seek and pray to the Lord to purify your home and to guide you by the Holy Spirit.
Is your house spiritually clean or unclean?
Blessings, David
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