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    The passage discusses the location of Mount Moriah, where Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac according to Genesis 22:2. It notes that the Torah does not provide a clear answer for where this land is located, though it suggests it was a three day donkey ride from Beer Sheva. It states that the place became a worship site named YHWH-yireh by Abraham, and that later Jewish and Samaritan traditions believed it was located at Shechem or Jerusalem.

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    The passage discusses the location of Mount Moriah, where Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac according to Genesis 22:2. It notes that the Torah does not provide a clear answer for where this land is located, though it suggests it was a three day donkey ride from Beer Sheva. It states that the place became a worship site named YHWH-yireh by Abraham, and that later Jewish and Samaritan traditions believed it was located at Shechem or Jerusalem.

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    The passage discusses the location of Mount Moriah, where Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac according to Genesis 22:2. It notes that the Torah does not provide a clear answer for where this land is located, though it suggests it was a three day donkey ride from Beer Sheva. It states that the place became a worship site named YHWH-yireh by Abraham, and that later Jewish and Samaritan traditions believed it was located at Shechem or Jerusalem.

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    CLCE 11-1.1.

    1: The Torah (Pentateuch)

    Supplementary Reading

    Where is this Land of Moriah? Neither this context, nor any other in the Torah offers
    a clear answer. Verse 19 combined with v. 4 suggests that it is a three-day donkey
    ride from Beer Sheva, and v. 14 states, quite enigmatically, “And Abraham named
    that site YHWH-yireh, whence the present saying, “On the mount of YHWH there is
    vision,” implying that the place of the Akedah became a place of worship. It is hardly
    surprising, then, that the later communities of Samaritans and Jews believed that
    Mount Moriah was either Shechem or Jerusalem.

    A question has been raised within a few years respecting the locality designated in
    the divine direction to Abraham to offer his son Isaac in sacrifice. The command was:
    “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the
    land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains
    which I will tell thee of” (Gen. 22:2).

    Generalization

    My dear Learners, you are now in your second journey and Mount Moriah presents
    to us the story of Abraham’s great faith in God. Abraham did not only express his
    faith through words but he indeed proved it through his action of offering his only son
    Isaac as a pleasing sacrifice to God.

    In our life, our faith is also tested in different situations and experiences. Many times
    we ask God these questions, ‘Why did God take the life of our loved ones? Why do
    people suffer from COVID-19? Why is there war? These are the questions in which
    we don’t have clear answers. You may google it but I am sure you would not get the
    perfect answers from the said queries. Why? It is for you to explore and find out
    through constant reflection and meditation on God’s word.

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