This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "after they washed the item where there was leprosy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
# leprosy
Here this probably refers to mildew. See how you translated this word in [Leviticus 13:47](../13/47.md).
Something that God has declared to be unfit for people to touch is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])