. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . ther consisted of rollers ofwood, iron, or stone, roughened and fastenedtogether in the form of a sledge, or dray—perhaps with a seat upon it. Both instru-ments were dragged by oxen over the shovel and fan6 — the precisedifference between these terms is doubtful—indicate the instruments used in winnowing—a conspicuous part of ancient husbandry,6and important, owing to the slovenly thresh-ing. Evening was t
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . ther consisted of rollers ofwood, iron, or stone, roughened and fastenedtogether in the form of a sledge, or dray—perhaps with a seat upon it. Both instru-ments were dragged by oxen over the shovel and fan6 — the precisedifference between these terms is doubtful—indicate the instruments used in winnowing—a conspicuous part of ancient husbandry,6and important, owing to the slovenly thresh-ing. Evening was the favorite time, becausethere was generally a breeze then. The 1 Job xxxix., 10; Isa. xxviii., 24; Hos. x., 11.—2 Dent, xii., 15; xiv., r>; xv., 22. —=> 1 Kings iv., 23.—4 Isa. xxxv., it; 2 Sam. xxii., 34. —6 Jer. xiv., 5.—6 Job xxxix., 1 ; Psa. xxix., 9.— <ien. xlix., 21.—» Lev. xix., 9; Lieut, xxiv., 19 ; Kuth ii., 2, 3. 1 Dent, xxv., 4.— Ruth ii., IT; Isa. xxviii., 27, 2S.—3 Judg. viii., 7, 1C—* 2 Sam. xxiv., 22 ; 1 Chron. xxi.,23 ; Isa. xii., 15.—6 Isa. xxx., 24.—6 Job xxi., IS; , 5; Isa. xvii., 13. HAVILAH 417 HAZER. The Noreg—a Machine used by the modern Romans for threshing Wheat fan was, perhaps, a broad shovel, whichthrew the grain up against the wind. Thelast process was shaking in a sieve, to sep-arate the dirt and The gatheringof olives (q. v.), and the vintage,3 completedthe agricultural operations of the year, andthe Feast of Tabernacles4 celebrated theirconsummation. There was also a feast inhonor of the introduction of the harvest,which was known as the feast of the har-vest. The arrangements respecting it arelaid down in Lev. xxiii., 10-14. Havilah. A country so named is describedin the account of Eden as producing gold,hdellium, and the onyx-stone. A tract withthe same name is subsequently described ason the road between Canaan and the southern Havilah was named froma son of Joktan (Gen.
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