Mishnah for Gittin 163:12
ועוד בתי עובדי כוכבים מי מטמאי והתניא (ויקרא יד, לד) ונתתי נגע צרעת בבית ארץ אחוזתכם ארץ אחוזתכם מטמאה בנגעים ואין בתי עובדי כוכבים מטמאין בנגעים אלא שמע מינה חוץ הוא ש"מ
Now if you say that it means 'on condition', are we to understand that it is only on condition that the houses of heathens are not defiled that the houses of Israelites are defiled, which would imply that if the houses of heathens are defiled the houses of Israelites are not defiled? And besides, can the houses of heathens be defiled, seeing that it has been taught: 'And I put the plague of leprosy. in a house of the land of your possession:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 34. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Mishnah Negaim
All houses may contract negaim uncleanness, except those of non-Jews. If one bought houses from non-Jews, any it must be inspected as if they had then first appeared. A round house, a triangular house, or a house built on a ship, on a raft or on four beams, is not susceptible to negaim uncleanness. But if it was four-sided, even if it was built on four pillars, it is susceptible to uncleanness.
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