Leviticus 14:40

40 the priest must order the people to tear out the stones with the mildew on them. They should throw them away, at a certain unclean place outside the city.

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 he must go out and close up the house for seven days.

39 On the seventh day the priest must come back and check the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls of the house,

40 the priest must order the people to tear out the stones with the mildew on them. They should throw them away, at a certain unclean place outside the city.

41 Then the priest must have all the inside of the house scraped. The people must throw away the plaster they scraped off the walls, at a certain unclean place outside the city.

42 Then the owner must put new stones in the walls, and he must cover the walls with new clay plaster.