Leviticus 14:38

38 the priest shall go outside 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 priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, or all that is in the house will become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

37 He shall examine the disease; if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,

38 the priest shall go outside to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.

39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day and make an inspection; if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

40 the priest shall command that the stones in which the disease appears be taken out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.