And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;
The priest will examine the problem area, and if he sees that the contamination in the house walls appears as hollow streaks that are greenish or reddish, and these streaks look like they go deeper than the surface of the wall,
The priest is carefully examining a house for signs of deep contamination that appears as colored streaks going beneath the surface of the walls.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of detailed laws given to the Israelites about dealing with what appears to be mold or fungal contamination in houses. After the Israelites would settle in the Promised Land and live in permanent dwellings, they needed procedures for handling potentially dangerous household contamination that could affect the health and ritual purity of families.
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