Leviticus 14:38

38 then the priest shall go out from the house to the house's entrance, and he shall confine 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 And the priest shall [issue a] command, and they shall clear out the house before the priest comes to examine the infection, so that all that [is] in the house might not become unclean; and {afterward} the priest shall go to examine the house.

37 And he shall examine the infection, and {if} the infection on the house's wall [has] yellowish-green or reddish spots and its appearance [is] deeper than [the surface of] the wall,

38 then the priest shall go out from the house to the house's entrance, and he shall confine the house [for] seven days.

39 And the priest shall return on the seventh day, and he shall examine [the infection], and {if} the infection has spread on the house's wall,

40 the priest shall [issue a] command and they shall remove the stones on which [is] the infection, and they shall throw them {outside the city} on an unclean place.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "and"
• [b]. Or "close up"