Leviticus 14:38

38 the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days.

Leviticus 14:38 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:38

Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the
house
Thereby signifying that it was not fit to be inhabited, and there standing to see it shut up, as follows: and shut up the house seven days:
to observe what alteration would be made in that time, and which would sooner be discovered in a house uninhabited.

Leviticus 14:38 In-Context

36 The priest must order them to clear the house before he enters to examine the contamination, so that nothing in the house becomes unclean. Afterwards the priest will come to examine the house.

37 He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

38 the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days.

39 The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house,

40 the priest must order that the stones with the contamination be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.