Leviticus 14:40

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

41 He is to have the inside of the house completely scraped, and the plaster that is scraped off must be dumped in an unclean place outside the city.

42 Then they must take different stones to replace the [former] ones and take additional plaster to replaster the house.