Leviticus 14:38

38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house 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 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.

37 And he shall examine the disease; and if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,

38 then 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 on the seventh day, and look; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city;