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