Leviticus 14:41

41 "He shall have the house scraped all around inside *, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside * the city.

Leviticus 14:41 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:41

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round
about
All the walls on each side, and at each end, and every stone in them; which, though they had no appearance on them, yet should there be any infection in them, which as yet was not seen, it might be removed, and a spread prevented: and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the
city, into an unclean place;
the scrapings they were to put into some vessel, and carry them thither and pour them out, or into a cart, and there throw them, that they might lie with other rubbish, and not be made use of any more.

Leviticus 14:41 In-Context

39 "The priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,

40 then the priest shall order them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away at an unclean place outside the city.

41 "He shall have the house scraped all around inside , and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.

42 "Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

43 "If, however, the mark breaks out again in the house after he has torn out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered,

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "from the house around"