for the diseased garment, ¹  for the house, ² 

then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. ¹ 

As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential ¹  in the house of Saul.

His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures. ¹ 

“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’

Then the priest will command that the house be cleared ¹  before the priest enters to examine the infection ²  so that everything in the house ³  does not become unclean, ⁴  and afterward ⁵  the priest will enter to examine the house.

“If, however, the priest enters ¹  and examines it, and the ²  infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed.

However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.

One day ¹  he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants ²  were there in the house.

It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it.

then whoever owns the house ¹  must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’

“If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, ¹ 

the priest is to come and examine it, and if ¹  the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean.

Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.

Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, ‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”

So David sent Tamar to the house saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.”

One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.

After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking. ¹ 

Say to the rebellious, ¹  to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!