Translation
Paraphrase
Anyone doing anything outside his house at that moment should not go inside to get personal items; none of that stuff will be important.
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Their roofs were almost flat with a low wall around them to keep someone from falling off. They were often accessed from the outside by stairs or a ladder. The people often stored shocks of grain on the roof to dry, or other things of value, so it was not uncommon for someone to be working on the roof of the house.