Leviticus 14:40

40 then the priest shall command that they remove the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them outside the city into an unclean place;

Leviticus 14:40 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:40

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones
in which the plague [is]
In there appeared any cavities, or the above colours, and these spreading: in order to put a stop thereunto, these stones were to be drawn or pulled out, as the word signifies, in such manner as not to endanger the fall of the house, and two stones at least were to be taken out; for, as Gersom says, a house was not shut up unless the plague appeared on two stones: and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city;
where dead carcasses were laid, and dung, and filth of every sort; and being laid in such a place, it would be known that they were unclean, as Aben Ezra observes, and so would not be made use of for any purpose.

Leviticus 14:40 In-Context

38 the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.

39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day and shall look; and if the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

40 then the priest shall command that they remove the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them outside the city into an unclean place;

41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off outside the city into an unclean place;

42 and they shall take other stones and put them in the place of the stones that were removed; and he shall take other mortar and shall plaster the house.