Leviticus - 14:38



38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 14:38.

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then the priest shall go out of the house to the entrance of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
and the priest hath gone out of the house unto the opening of the house, and hath shut up the house seven days.
Then the priest will go out of the door of the house, and keep the house shut up for seven days:
he shall exit by the door of the house, and immediately close it up for seven days.
Egredietur sacerdos e domo ad ostium domus, et claudet domum septem diebus.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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