Leviticus 14:38

38 And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate 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 And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.

37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them beneath the surface of the walls.

38 And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house seven days.

39 And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, the plague is spread in the walls of the house,

40 then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place.