Threshing with Oxen
After the stalks of standing grain were cut, the sheaves had to be brought to the threshing floor. For threshing, oxen pulled a threshing sledge that had sharp flints stuck in the under surface; a worker would stand on the sledge to add to its weight. By constantly dragging the sledge over the sheaves, the cereal grains were knocked loose from the ears, and then the chaff could be separated from the grain by winnowing.
Deut 25:4; Judg 6:11; 2 Kings 13:7; 1 Chron 21:20; Isa 28:27–28; Hos 10:11; Amos 1:3; Micah 4:13; 1 Cor 9:9–10; 1 Tim 5:18
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