Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt. The Hebrew verb used for Lot's wife "looking" back is , "tāḇeṭ". Her looking back at Sodom differs in word usage to Abraham "looking" , "šāqap" toward Sodom in (18:16). The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Israel. The Mishnah states that a blessing should be said at the place where the pillar of salt is. Other pillars are said to be at the crossing of the Red
Back to the Bible than 800 radio stations worldwide. Under Epp's direction, the broadcasts were also noted for music by the "Back to the Bible Choir" and quartet. Several popular phonograph recordings were made by the choir in the 1940s and 1950s. "Back to the Bible" also had a weekly youth program on Saturdays, featuring a youth choir and serialized adventures with a Christian theme, such as the "Danny Orlis series" written by Bernard Palmer. Both the music segments and youth program were discontinued in the 1980s. By the 1970s the organization had offices in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, France, India,