The Bible Story - Volume III - Chapter 42 - Basil Wolverton - 1963

Basil Wolverton

"THE EARTH OPENED ITS MOUTH!", SCREAMING, terrorized people of all three families — Korah, Dathan and Abiram — rushed wildly and aimlessly in all directions. Then the quivering mound of ground suddenly collapsed and fell back into a deep, yawning chasm! Tons of soil and rock slipped off the vertical sides of this horrifying hole and thundered down into dark oblivion, taking people, tents, animals and most everything that belonged to Korah, Dathan and Abiram. (Numbers 16:31-33 and 26:10.) It was as though a gigantic mouth had opened in the Earth's crust for the one purpose of swallowing the rebellious men and their possessions! Children Miraculously Escape The only ones spared in this unusual catastrophe were the children. (Numbers 26:11.) God miraculously saved their lives by causing them to run in the directions in which they could escape. That way God could keep His promise to take all the children safely into the Promised Land. (Numbers 14:31 and Deuteronomy 1:39.) - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library