Leviticus 14:38

38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up 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 he shall command, that they carry forth all things out of the house, before he go into it, and see whether it have the leprosy, let all things become unclean that are in the house. And afterwards he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house.

37 And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all he rest:

38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days,

39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,

40 He shall command, that the stones wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the city into an unclean place: