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Leviticus 14:38

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What does Leviticus 14:38 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
Leviticus 14:38 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
35then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.
36And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
37and he shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;
38then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
39And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
40then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city:
41and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, etc.] 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.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“This section is separated from that on leprosy in clothing Leviticus 13:47-59 with which it would seem to be naturally connected, and is placed last of all the laws concerning leprosy, probably on account of its being wholly prospective. While the Israelites were in the wilderness, the materials of their dwellings were of nearly the same nature as those of their clothing, and would be liable to the same sort of decay. They were therefore included under the same law. I put the plague - Yahweh here speaks as the Lord of all created things, determining their decay and destruction as well as their production. Compare Isaiah 45:6-7; Jonah 4:7; Matthew 21:20. Leviticus 14:37 Hollow strakes ... -…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Lev 13:50 Leviticus 14:39”
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