John Gill Commentary Leviticus 14:35

"then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house." — Leviticus 14:35 (ASV)

And he that owns the house shall come, and tell the priest ,
&c.] As soon as he observes any sign of leprosy in it, or which gives him a suspicion of it: saying, it seems unto me [there is] as it were a plague in the
house ;
he must not say expressly there is one, how certain soever he may be of it, because the matter must be determined by a priest: so runs the Jewish canon ^F9 , he whose the house is comes and declares to the priest, saying, there appears to me as a plague in the house; and though he is a wise man, and knows that there is a plague certainly, he may not determine, and say, there appears to me a plague in the house, but there appears to me as it were a plague in the house; it looks like one, there is some reason to suspect it.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: Misn. Negaim, c. 12. sect. 5. Jarchi in loc.