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Threshing

The removing or separating corn, &c form the straw—1Ch 21:20

WAS PERFORMED

• By a rod or staff
• —Isa 28:27
• By cart wheels
• —Isa 28:27,28
• By instruments with teeth
• —Isa 41:15; Am 1:3
• By the feet of horses and oxen
• —Isa 28:28; Ho 10:11; 2Sa 24:22

Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled—De 25:4; 1Co 9:9; 1Ti 5:18

Continued until the vintage in years of abundance—Le 26:5

THE PLACE FOR

• Called the floor
• —Jud 6:37; Isa 21:10
• Called the threshing floor
• —Nu 18:27; 2Sa 24:18
• Called the barn-floor
• —2Ki 6:27
• Called the corn-floor
• —Ho 9:1
• Was large and roomy
• —Ge 50:10
• Generally on high ground
• —1Ch 21:18; 2Ch 3:1
• Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment
• —Jud 6:11
• Used for winnowing the corn
• —Ru 3:2
• Often robbed
• —1Sa 23:1
• The Jews slept on, during the time of
• —Ru 3:7
• Fulness of, promised as a blessing
• —Joe 2:24
• Scarcity in, a punishment
• —Ho 9:2

Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan—Isa 30:24; 41:16; Mt 3:12

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the judgments of God
• —Isa 21:10; Jer 51:33; Hab 3:12
• Of the labours of ministers
• —1Co 9:9,10
• Of the church in her conquests
• —Isa 41:15,16; Mic 4:13
• (Gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of
• the Church for judgments—Mic 4:12
• (Dust made by,) of complete destruction
• —2Ki 13:7; Isa 41:15
• (An instrument for, with teeth,) of the Church overcoming
• opposition—Isa 41:15