The removing or separating corn, &c. from the straw. 1 Chron. 21:20.
WAS PERFORMED
By a rod or staff. Isa. 28:27.
By cart wheels. Isa. 27:27, 28.
By instruments with teeth. Isa. 41:15. Amos 1:3.
By the feet of horses and oxen. Isa. 28:28. Hos. 10:11. See 2 Sam. 24:22.
Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled. Deut. 25:4. 1 Cor. 9:9. 1 Tim. 5:18.
Continued until the vintage in years of abundance. Lev. 26:5.
THE PLACE FOR,
Called the floor. Judg. 6:37. Isa. 21:10.
Called the threshing-floor. Num. 18:27. 2 Sam. 24:18.
Called the barn-floor. 2 Kin. 6:27.
Called the corn-floor. Hos. 9:1.
Was large and roomy. Gen. 50:10.
Generally on high ground. 1 Chr. 21:18, with 2 Chr. 3:1.
Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment. Judg. 6:11.
Used also for winnowing the corn. Ruth 3:2.
Often robbed. 1 Sam. 23:1.
The Jews slept on, during the time of. Ruth 3:7.
Fullness of, promised as a blessing. Joel 2:24.
Scarcity in, a punishment. Hos. 9:2.
Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan. Isa. 30:24. Isa. 41:16. Matt. 3:12.
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the judgments of God. Isa. 21:10. Jer. 51:33. Hab. 3:12.
Of the labors of ministers. 1 Cor. 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. 2 Kin. 13:7. Isa. 41:15. (marg.)
(An instrument for, with teeth,) of the Church overcoming opposition. Isa. 41:15.