The stalks were then gathered and taken to a threshing floor, where a wooden sledge (having stones fixed underneath) was driven over them to remove the kernels. (Ruth 2:2-7, 23; 3:3, 6; Isaiah 41:15) While you look at the photograph of this, taken in the Golan Heights, you might reflect on God’s meaningful rule: “You must not muzzle a bull while it is threshing.”​—Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9.

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Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est.

Inset: Badè Institute of Biblical Archaeology