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==Biblical narrative== [[File:Sacrifice of Isaac, The Hammelburg Mahzor.jpg|right|thumb|Sacrifice of Isaac, ''The Hammelburg Mahzor'', 1347β48, Hammelburg, Germany. University and State Library Darmstadt.]] According to the [[Hebrew Bible]], God commands Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|22:2β8|HE}}</ref> After Isaac is bound to an [[altar]], a [[Angel of the Lord|messenger from God]] stops Abraham before he can complete the sacrifice, saying, "now I know you fear God". Abraham looks up and sees a [[sheep|ram]] and sacrifices it instead of Isaac. The passage states that the event occurred at "the mount of the {{LORD}}"<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|22:14}}</ref> in "the land of Moriah".<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|22:2}}</ref> Abraham then named the place 'Jehovah-jireh' (the Lord will provide).<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|22:14}}</ref> [[Books of Chronicles|2 Chronicles]] 3:1<ref>{{Bibleverse|2 Chronicles|3:1}}</ref> refers to "mount Moriah" as the site of [[Solomon's Temple]], while [[Psalms]] 24:3,<ref>{{bibleverse|Psalms|24:3|HE}}</ref> [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 2:3<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:3|HE}}</ref> and 30:29,<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|30:29|HE}}</ref> and [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] 8:3<ref>{{bibleverse|Zechariah|8:3|HE}}</ref> use the term "the mount of the {{LORD}}" to refer to the site of [[Solomon's Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]], the location believed to be the [[Temple Mount]] in Jerusalem. In the [[Samaritan Pentateuch]], Genesis 22:14, the phrase {{transliteration|smp|YHWH yireh}} is taken to mean "in the mountain the Lord was seen", the mountain being [[Mount Gerizim]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Porter |first=Stanley E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJaEAgAAQBAJ&dq=samaritan+bible+binding+of+isaac&pg=PA271 |title=Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation |date=2007-01-24 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-63557-3 |editor-last=Porter |location=Oxford, United Kingdom |pages=271 |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Rembrandt - Sacrifice of Isaac - WGA19096.jpg |thumb|''Abraham and Isaac'', [[Rembrandt]], 1634]]
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