Shall wash his clothes. — This was done not to disinfect them, for leprosy, as we have seen, was not contagious, but as a…

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes
That there may be no remains of the infection in them, and that…

The priests could not cleanse the lepers; but when the Lord removed the plague, various rules were to be observed in admitting them again to the or…