This section is separated from the one on leprosy in clothing (Leviticus 13:47–59), with which it would seem to be naturally connected.…

That they empty the house. —If the examination was made before the removal of the objects in it, and the priest pronounce…

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house
Clear it of all persons and things; everybody was obliged to…

The leprosy in a house is difficult for us to understand, much like the leprosy in a garment; but sin, where it reigns in a house, is a plague ther…