Leviticus 14:38

38 then the Kohen 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 The Kohen shall command that they empty the house, before the Kohen goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the Kohen shall go in to inspect the house.

37 He shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;

38 then the Kohen shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

39 The Kohen shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

40 then the Kohen shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city: