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Harvest, The

Ingathering of fruits of the fields—Mr 4:29

To continue without intermission—Ge 8:22

CALLED THE

• Appointed weeks of harvest
• —Jer 5:24
• Harvest time
• —2Sa 23:13; Jer 50:16

Fields appeared white before—Joh 4:35

Of barley at the passover—Le 23:6,10; Ru 1:22

Of wheat at Pentecost—Ex 34:22; 1Sa 12:17

Men and women engaged in—Ru 2:8,9

PERSONS ENGAGED IN

• Reapers
• —Ru 2:4
• Binders
• —Ge 37:7; Ps 129:7
• Called harvest-men
• —Isa 17:5
• Called labourers
• —Mt 9:37
• Fed by the husbandman during
• —Ru 2:14
• Received wages
• —Joh 4:35
• Often defrauded of their wages
• —Jas 5:4

Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of—Jer 5:24; Am 4:7

Patience required in waiting for—Jas 5:7

Not to be commenced until the first fruits had been offered to God—Le 23:10,14

A time of great joy—Ps 126:6; Isa 9:3

Omitted in the sabbatical year—Le 25:5

Omitted in year of jubilee—Le 25:11,12

The Sabbath to observed during—Ex 34:21

Legal provision for the poor during—Le 19:9,10; 23:22; De 24:19

FAILURE OF

• Occasioned by drought
• —Am 4:7
• Occasioned by locusts
• —Joe 1:4
• Sometimes continued for years
• —Ge 45:6
• A cause of great grief
• —Isa 16:9; Joe 1:11
• A punishment for sin
• —Isa 17:10,11

Slothfulness during, ruinous—Pr 10:5

Miraculous thunder, &c in—1Sa 12:17,18

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of seasons of grace
• —Jer 8:20
• Of the end of the world
• —Mt 13:30,39
• Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel
• —Mt 9:37,38; Joh 4:35
• Of a time of judgment
• —Jer 51:33; Ho 6:11
• Of ripeness for wrath
• —Joe 3:13; Re 14:15
• (Dew in,) of God's protection
• —Isa 18:4
• (Cold in,) of a refreshing message
• —Pr 25:13
• (Rain in,) of honour given to fools
• —Pr 26:1