THRESHING

THRESHING: - The removing or separating corn, 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