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the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and put the house under isolation for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />the priest shall go out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest is to go outside the house to its doorway and quarantine the house for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />he will have the house closed for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />the priest will go out to the door of the house and close up the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />he shall leave the house and lock it up for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest is to leave through the entrance to the house and seal the house for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the priest has gone out of the house to the opening of the house, and has shut up the house [for] seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the priest hath gone out of the house unto the opening of the house, and hath shut up the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall go forth from the house to the door of the house, and he shut up the house seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He shall go out of the door of the house, and forthwith shut it up seven days, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />he shall exit by the door of the house, and immediately close it up for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />he shall go out of the house to the doorway and quarantine the house for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the priest shall go outside to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall go out of the house and stand at the door and observe the house seven days;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Priest will come forth from the house and stand in the door and shall seclude that house seven days:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3763" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Signs of Home Contamination</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall, <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·yā·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">shall go outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: pe·ṯaḥ (N-msc) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">the doorway</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: wə·his·gîr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">and close</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">it up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> </span><span class="reftext">39</span>On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-15.htm">Numbers 19:15</a></span><br />and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a></span><br />In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10-14</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3-8</a></span><br />Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-6.htm">Jeremiah 33:6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</a></span><br />While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-19</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a></span><br />When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Acts 10:15</a></span><br />The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Leviticus 13:50</a></b></br> And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up <i>it that hath</i> the plague seven days:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/5-8.htm">Close</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-23.htm">Door</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-23.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-23.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-23.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-35.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm">Quarantine</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-27.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm">Shut</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/18-6.htm">Close</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-14.htm">Door</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-14.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-14.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-14.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Quarantine</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-51.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-46.htm">Shut</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm">The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-33.htm">The signs of leprosy in a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">The cleansing of that house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, the priest acts as a mediator between God and the people, emphasizing the importance of holiness and purity. The priest's role here is to inspect the house for signs of leprosy, which in this context refers to mold or mildew, not just the skin disease. This inspection outside the doorway signifies a boundary between the clean and unclean, a recurring theme in Leviticus. The priest's presence underscores the seriousness of the situation, as the house is potentially unclean and could affect the community's holiness. This act can be seen as a precursor to Christ's role as the ultimate High Priest, who mediates between God and humanity.<p><b>and close it up for seven days.</b><br>The number seven in the Bible often symbolizes completeness or perfection, as seen in the creation week in Genesis. Closing the house for seven days allows time for observation and potential healing, reflecting God's patience and provision for restoration. This period of waiting also mirrors the seven-day waiting periods found in other purification rituals in Leviticus, emphasizing the need for thoroughness in maintaining holiness. The act of closing up the house can be seen as a protective measure, preventing the spread of impurity, much like how Christ's sacrifice protects believers from the spread of sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, the priest served as a mediator between God and the people, responsible for performing rituals and ensuring the community's spiritual cleanliness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house.htm">The House</a></b><br>Represents the dwelling place of an individual or family, which could become unclean due to mold or mildew, symbolizing sin or impurity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_doorway.htm">The Doorway</a></b><br>The threshold of the house, marking the boundary between the unclean interior and the clean exterior, symbolizing the separation between sin and holiness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/seven_days.htm">Seven Days</a></b><br>A period of completeness and divine order in the Bible, often used for purification and reflection.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_closing_the_house.htm">The Event of Closing the House</a></b><br>A ritual act performed by the priest to isolate the impurity, allowing time for potential healing or further inspection.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priest.htm">The Role of the Priest</a></b><br>The priest's involvement underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in addressing sin and impurity within the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_house.htm">Symbolism of the House</a></b><br>Just as the house can become unclean, our lives can harbor sin. We must be vigilant in identifying and addressing areas of spiritual impurity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_seven_days.htm">Significance of Seven Days</a></b><br>The seven-day period reflects God's perfect timing and the need for patience and thoroughness in the process of purification.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleansing.htm">Spiritual Cleansing</a></b><br>The act of closing the house symbolizes the need to isolate and confront sin, allowing time for reflection and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_high_priest.htm">Christ as Our High Priest</a></b><br>In the New Testament, Jesus is our ultimate High Priest, providing a way for complete and eternal purification from sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_bird_blood_cure_skin_disease.htm">How could sprinkling bird blood and water (Leviticus 14:1-7) realistically cure or cleanse a contagious skin disease by any scientific or medical standard?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_leviticus_21_1-4_historically_accurate.htm">How historically accurate is the claim in Leviticus 21:1-4 that any contact with the dead (apart from immediate family) defiled a priest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_explain_leviticus_14_on_mold_today.htm">How can one explain the instruction for dealing with mold or 'leprous' houses (Leviticus 14:33-53) given the differences in understanding mold remediation today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/compare_samuel's_leadership_with_ot_priestly_roles..htm">How does Samuel's leadership in 1 Samuel 7 compare with conflicting narratives about priestly authority in other Old Testament books?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) <span class= "bld">Shut up the house seven days.</span>--On finding these symptoms, the priest is to put the house in quarantine for seven days, in order to see what alteration will take place during this interval, adopting the same treatment as in the case of leprous garments. (See <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm" title="And the priest shall look on the plague, and shut up it that has the plague seven days:">Leviticus 13:50</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall go outside</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָצָ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the doorway</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֣תַח</span> <span class="translit">(pe·ṯaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, entrance way</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the house</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבָּ֑יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bā·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and close</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִסְגִּ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·his·gîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[it] up</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-38.htm">Leviticus 14:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/14-38.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:38 Then the priest shall go out (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 14:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>