Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4522 threshing The process of beating out or separating grain from harvested stalks. Threshing and the harvest Leviticus 26:5 See also Judges 6:11; 1 Chronicles 21:20; 1 Corinthians 9:9; Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Timothy 5:18 Paul is adapting a humane OT law to the support of Christian workers. Threshing implements 2 Samuel 24:22 pp 1 Chronicles 21:23 A threshing-sledge was a board studded underneath with sharp stones which was dragged by oxen over the wheat ears in order to separate the kernels. See also Job 41:30; Isaiah 28:27-28; Isaiah 41:15 Threshing used figuratively Isaiah 27:12; Hosea 10:11 See also 2 Kings 13:7; Proverbs 20:26; Jeremiah 50:11; Micah 4:13 See also
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