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The fan was a small shovel, by which a portion of wheat was thrown up into the air, that the wind might carry away the chaff. Isa. 30: 24; Jer. 4: 11. It is also used symbolically for the judgements of God, Isa. 41: 16; Jer. 15: 7; Jer. 51: 2; and for the discriminating power of
the testimony of the Lord Jesus. Matt. 3: 12; Luke 3: 17.