Ingathering of fruits of the fields
Mark 4:29
To continue without intermission
Genesis 8:22
CALLED THE Appointed weeks of harvest
Jeremiah 5:24
Harvest time
2 Samuel 23:13; Jeremiah 50:16
Fields appeared white before
John 4:35
Of barley at the passover
Leviticus 23:6,10; Ruth 1:22
Of wheat at Pentecost
Exodus 34:22; 1 Samuel 12:17
Men and women engaged in
Ruth 2:8,9
PERSONS ENGAGED IN Reapers
Ruth 2:4
Binders
Genesis 37:7; Psalm 129:7
Called harvest-men
Isaiah 17:5
Called labourers
Matthew 9:37
Fed by the husbandman during
Ruth 2:14
Received wages
John 4:35
Often defrauded of their wages
James 5:4
Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of
Jeremiah 5:24; Amos 4:7
Patience required in waiting for
James 5:7
Not to be commenced until the first fruits had been offered To God
Leviticus 23:10,14
A time of great joy
Psalm 126:6; Isaiah 9:3
Omitted in the sabbatical year
Leviticus 25:5
Omitted in year of jubilee
Leviticus 25:11,12
The Sabbath to observed during
Exodus 34:21
Legal provision for the poor during
Leviticus 19:9,10; 23:22; Deuteronomy 24:19
FAILURE OF Occasioned by drought
Amos 4:7
Occasioned by locusts
Joel 1:4
Sometimes continued for years
Genesis 45:6
A cause of great grief
Isaiah 16:9; Joel 1:11
A punishment for sin
Isaiah 17:10,11
Slothfulness during, ruinous
Proverbs 10:5
Miraculous thunder, &c in
1 Samuel 12:17,18
ILLUSTRATIVE Of seasons of grace
Jeremiah 8:20
Of the end of the world
Matthew 13:30,39
Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel
Matthew 9:37,38; John 4:35
Of a time of judgment
Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 6:11
Of ripeness for wrath
Joel 3:13; Revelation 14:15
(Dew in,) of God's protection
Isaiah 18:4
(Cold in,) of a refreshing message
Proverbs 25:13
(Rain in,) of honour given to fools
Proverbs 26:1