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Floor
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or 1 Kings 6:30 (c) The floor of the tabernacle was the dirt and the soil of the desert. This reminded Israel of their pilgrim character. The floor of the temple was covered with gold to remind His people that they were pilgrims on the way home to the eternal glory of GOD.
Isaiah 21:10 (c) This is a heart cry concerning the loss of that which had been gathered in from the harvest, but was never enjoyed.
Jeremiah 51:33 (a) Here is a type of the severe threshing that GOD would give Babylon when He sent the enemy to destroy it.
Daniel 2:35 (a) This is typical of the day of GOD's judgment when the saved and the unsaved will be separated as the farmer separates the wheat and the chaff on the threshing floor. (See also Matthew 3:12).
Hosea 13:3 (a) The judgment of Israel is described by this figure. The people are the chaff to be destroyed because they are of no value to GOD, and have no interest in GOD's affairs. (See also Micah 4:12; Luke 3:17).
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Floor'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/f/floor.html. 1957.
