Bible dictionary for children
Threshing floor
A threshing floor is a prepared space where grain is separated from stalks and husks.
In simple words
What does it mean?
A threshing floor is a prepared space where grain is separated from stalks and husks. Harvest work there could include threshing and winnowing.
Ruth 3 places Boaz at a threshing floor during the barley harvest. Knowing the work explains why grain and workers are gathered there.
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What needs to happen before harvested grain is ready to use?
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Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
Ruth 3:1–18
Ruth carefully asks Boaz to act as her family's redeemer, and Boaz answers with kindness and honesty.
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Related reading: Ruth 3:2
Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he will be winnowing barley tonight on the threshing floor.Full readings at eBible.org · World English Bible Classic. Read with an adult.
