- 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
The New Topical Text Book
Threshing
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.