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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 24:22Cattle 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 9:2Followed 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
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