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. — Jdj 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. — Jdj 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.