The Threshing Floor

Description of floor

Threshing Floor (גֹּרֶן, goren;). A level outdoor area used for threshing sheaves of grain. Threshing floors were often located on the top of a rock or on a hilltop. Sheaves were laid out and either beaten with a flail or threshed by oxen dragging a heavy object over them (Isa 28:27).

John D. Barry et al., eds., “Threshing Floor,” The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).WINNOWING — the process of separating the kernels of threshed grain, such as wheat or barley, from the Chaff with a current of air. The grain and its mixture of straw and husks were thrown into the air. The kernels of wheat or barley would fall into a pile on the Threshing Floor; and the chaff, or refuse, would be blown away by the wind (Ps. 1:4).

Matthew 3:12 “His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.””

Judgement

Matthew 3:12 “His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.””

Ruth goes to Boaz at the threshing floorRuth 3:1–18

Naomi knew that Boaz would be sleeping at the threshing floor in order to protect his investment.

Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum

Uzzah touches the ark2 Sam 6:6–11; 1 Chron 13:9–14

the ox was doing what it was supposed to do. Gets excited at the place of grain.

Or it knew that the threshing floor was a place where they crushed the grain. So the would begin to stomp the husks.

With the ox shaking the cart, Uzzah reaches out and touches the Ark.

the ark was God’s thrown on earth. a place of God’s glory. It wasn’t to be handled commonly.

Gideon asks God for a signJudg 6:36–40

David builds an altar2 Sam 24:18–25; 1 Chron 21:18–30