Threshing

The removing or separating corn, &c form the straw 1 Chronicles 21:20
WAS PERFORMED
- By a rod or staff Isaiah 28:27
- By cart wheels Isaiah 28:27,28
- By instruments with teeth Isaiah 41:15; Amos 1:3
- By the feet of horses and oxen Isaiah 28:28; Hosea 10:11; 2 Samuel 24:22
Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Timothy 5:18
Continued until the vintage in years of abundance Leviticus 26:5
THE PLACE FOR
- Called the floor Judges 6:37; Isaiah 21:10
- Called the threshing floor Numbers 18:27; 2 Samuel 24:18
- Called the barn-floor 2 Kings 6:27
- Called the corn-floor Hosea 9:1
- Was large and roomy Genesis 50:10
- Generally on high ground 1 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 3:1
- Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment Judges 6:11
- Used for winnowing the corn Ruth 3:2
- Often robbed 1 Samuel 23:1
- The Jews slept on, during the time of Ruth 3:7
- Fulness of, promised as a blessing Joel 2:24
- Scarcity in, a punishment Hosea 9:2
Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan Isaiah 30:24; 41:16; Matthew 3:12
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the judgments of God Isaiah 21:10; Jeremiah 51:33; Habakkuk 3:12
- Of the labours of ministers 1 Corinthians 9:9,10
- Of the church in her conquests Isaiah 41:15,16; Micah 4:13
- (Gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of The Church for judgments Micah 4:12
- (Dust made by,) of complete destruction 2 Kings 13:7; Isaiah 41:15
- (An instrument for, with teeth,) of the Church overcoming Opposition Isaiah 41:15

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