. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . rley; First - ,:. ; wjiijj Fig. 5.—Sowing.—(Surenhusiua.) Fruits ; Palestine ; Wheat.) The custom of watching ripening crops and threshing floors against theft or damage, is probably ancient (Ru. iii. 4, 7; Is. ).—The rotation of crops, familiar to the Egyp-tians, was probably known to the Hebrews. Sow-ing a field with divers seeds was forbidden ( 9), and minute directions are given by the rab- jj -X \ v 111 C It Fig. 6.—Sowing.—(SurenhuBius.) bis for arranging a seeded surface with great variety,as in figs. 5, 6, yet avoiding juxtaposit
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . rley; First - ,:. ; wjiijj Fig. 5.—Sowing.—(Surenhusiua.) Fruits ; Palestine ; Wheat.) The custom of watching ripening crops and threshing floors against theft or damage, is probably ancient (Ru. iii. 4, 7; Is. ).—The rotation of crops, familiar to the Egyp-tians, was probably known to the Hebrews. Sow-ing a field with divers seeds was forbidden ( 9), and minute directions are given by the rab- jj -X \ v 111 C It Fig. 6.—Sowing.—(SurenhuBius.) bis for arranging a seeded surface with great variety,as in figs. 5, 6, yet avoiding juxtaposition of differentkinds. Three furrows interval was the prescribedmargin. The blank spaces in fig. 5, a and b, repre-sent such margins, tapering to save ground. Widespaces were often left round vines and olive-trees,and the rest of the ground cropped, as in fig. and Threshing.—The wheat, &c, was reapedby the Sicklf, or was pulled up by the roots. It wasbound in sheaves or heaped, as in fig. 9. The sheaves 20 AGR AGR. Fig. 7.— Wheat -field with Olives.—(Surenausiua.) or heaps were carted (Am. ii. 13) to the floor—a cir-cular spot of hard ground, probably, as now, from
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