Leviticus 14:38

38 he shall leave the house and lock it up 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 The priest shall order everything to be moved out of the house before he goes to examine the mildew; otherwise everything in the house will be declared unclean. Then he shall go to the house

37 and examine the mildew. If there are greenish or reddish spots that appear to be eating into the wall,

38 he shall leave the house and lock it up for seven days.

39 On the seventh day he shall return and examine it again. If the mildew has spread,

40 he shall order that the stones on which the mildew is found be removed and thrown into some unclean place outside the city.