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 Thus, it can be seen that there is little or no basis in the Bible for Korah to be assumed a wealthy man, especially since he fled with Moses during the Exodus. It is unlikely, although Jewish tradition has it, that the Hebrews would have fled in haste from a vengeful Pharaoh and his army carrying a load of treasure. Rather this idea, included in the Quran, about Korah being so wealthy that the keys to his treasure house themselves were so heavy that they required a large number of bearers is credited in the Talmud to Rabbi Levi; a third century Haggadist who lived in Palestine.
-== Moses, Aaron and the Samiri ==
-Neuwirth (2024) notes on the following verses that when Moses grabs Aaron’s beard, it may symbolize a challenge to Aaron’s priestly dignity, an idea rooted in Jewish and Christian traditions.<ref name=":1">Neuwirth, Angelika. ''The Qur'an: Text and Commentary, Volume 2.1: Early Middle Meccan Suras: The New Elect. Kindle Edition: pp. 209.''</ref> And Aaron’s defense — that the people should not be divided — is not found in the Bible’s account in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2032%3A22-24&version=NIV Exodus 32:22–24], but appears only in later rabbinical debates.<ref name=":1" />
-{{Quote|{{Quran-range|20|92|94}}|But (Moses) said: "O Aaron, when you saw that they had gone astray, what hindered you from following me? Did you disobey my command?’ He said, ‘O son of my mother! Do not grab my beard or my head! I feared lest you should say, ‘‘You have caused a rift among the Children of Israel and did not heed my word [of advice].’’’}}
-She also notes a possible parallel in this story {{Quran-range|20|95|96}} in the brief description of how the calf was made may relate to scriptural magic described in Exodus Rabba 41:10, though this view contrasts with Paret, who follows Yahuda and relies on a later Midrash that is hard to date.<ref name=":1" /> And in {{Quran-range|20|97|98}}  the Samiri / 'al-Sāmirī' is condemned in the Qur’an to live as a leper, symbolizing lifelong impurity — echoing the Bible's [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2013%3A45&version=NIV Leviticus 13:45]; though his expulsion and the warning of future punishment parallel the story of Iblīs, showing that al-Sāmirī plays a Satan-like role in the Qur’anic narrative, which, similarly, rabbinic tradition also links Satan to the golden calf incident.<ref name=":1" />
 ==The body on Solomon's throne==