The term "barn-floor" refers to the threshing floor, a critical component in ancient agricultural practices, particularly in the context of biblical times. The barn-floor was a flat, hard surface where harvested grain was threshed and winnowed. This process involved separating the edible grain from the chaff and straw, typically by spreading the sheaves on the floor and having oxen or other animals tread over them, or by using tools like flails. The winnowing process followed, where the grain was tossed into the air so that the wind could blow away the lighter chaff, leaving the heavier grain to fall back to the floor.

In the Bible, the barn-floor is often mentioned in the context of agricultural abundance and divine blessing. For instance, in Proverbs 3:9-10 , it is written: "Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine." This passage highlights the barn-floor as a symbol of God's provision and the prosperity that comes from honoring Him with one's resources.

The barn-floor also holds significant symbolic and spiritual meaning in Scripture. It is a place of separation and purification, where the valuable is distinguished from the worthless. This imagery is used in the prophetic writings to describe God's judgment and the separation of the righteous from the wicked. In Matthew 3:12 , John the Baptist speaks of Jesus, saying, "His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Here, the barn-floor represents the final judgment, where Christ will gather His faithful followers and discard those who reject Him.

The barn-floor is also a setting for significant biblical events. One notable example is the account of Ruth and Boaz. In Ruth 3, Ruth approaches Boaz at the threshing floor, seeking his protection and invoking the role of kinsman-redeemer. This encounter leads to their eventual marriage and the continuation of the lineage that would lead to King David and, ultimately, to Jesus Christ.

In the Old Testament, the barn-floor is associated with offerings and sacrifices. In 2 Samuel 24:18-25, King David purchases the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite to build an altar to the LORD, halting a plague on Israel. This site later becomes the location for Solomon's Temple, underscoring the barn-floor's role as a place of divine encounter and worship.

Overall, the barn-floor in biblical literature serves as a powerful metaphor for divine provision, judgment, and redemption. It is a place where the physical and spiritual intersect, reflecting God's ongoing work in the lives of His people.

Pleading
... purposes. You remember Gideon laid a fleece upon the barn floor, and in
the morning all round was dry and the fleece alone was wet. ...
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A Sermon for the Time Present
... What would you say of a man who had wheat upon his barn floor, and threshed it until
he had beaten out the last golden grain; but the next day he went and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 33 1887/a sermon for the time.htm

Where to Find Fruit
... palace of ivory, he wore his mantle of purple, and placed the crown of gold upon
his head; but what availed his splendor, when neither barn-floor nor winepress ...
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The Unrivalled Friend
... True friendship is not fed from the barn-floor or the winefat; it is not like the
rainbow dependent upon the sunshine, it is fixed as a rock and firm as granite ...
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Some Miscellaneous Matters Respecting the Face of the Land.
... 3. "They allowed not a barn-floor within fifty cubits from the city": that, when
they fanned their corn, their chaff might not offend the citizens. ...
/.../from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 98 some miscellaneous matters.htm

The Persecutions of the Apostolic Church, and Its Condition at the ...
... a god of Peace; a god of the Sea, and a god of the Wind; a god of the River, and
a god of the Fountain; a god of the Field, and a god of the Barn Floor; a god ...
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Ananias and Sapphira.
... found intermixed with the saints. The wheat and the chaff lie together
upon the barn-floor. No precautions, however strict, can ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture vi ananias and sapphira.htm

On his Father'S Silence, Because of the Plague of Hail.
... Another has robbed God, [3160] the giver of all, of the firstfruits of the barnfloor
and winepress, showing himself at once thankless and senseless, in neither ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xvi on his fathers.htm

Barnfloor (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Barnfloor (1 Occurrence). 2 Kings 6:27 ... shall I help
thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? (KJV). ...
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Barn-floor (1 Occurrence)
Barn-floor. Barnfloor, Barn-floor. Barns . Multi-Version Concordance Barn-floor
(1 Occurrence). ... (WBS). Barnfloor, Barn-floor. Barns . Reference Bible.
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Barns (7 Occurrences)

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Barnea (10 Occurrences)

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Wine-press (11 Occurrences)
... (WBS). 2 Kings 6:27 And he said, If the LORD doth not help thee, whence shall I
help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press? (WBS). ...
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Whence (84 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?
out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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