It was used to separate the grains from the chaff by manual separation.
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There are dozens of references to a threshing floor in the bible some literal and some symbolic.
A moabitess named ruth comes back to bethlehem from the country of moab which were enemies with.
This space was used before equipment and machinery was invented.
In the old testament the threshing floor is used in the daily agricultural lives of men.
It is a flat surface usually smooth which is used during the harvest of grains.
Then david built there an altar to adonai and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
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One of the most popular threshing floor stories comes in the short four chapter book of ruth.
In biblical days there was no machinery so after the harvest the grain was separated from the straw and husks by beating it manually.
Pastor sipho maduna of the threshing floor bible church in pietermaritzburg on thursday hit back at allegations against him by the provincial health department saying they were a misdirection.
Another famous threshing floor in the old testament is the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite who is also called ornan in 1 chron 21 which became the location of solomon s temple 2 sam 24.