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• The Burnt Offering on Mount Moriah

  The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.

• Genesis 23

  Genesis 23 recounts the death of Sarah at the age of 127 in Hebron and Abraham's purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver, where he then buried Sarah.

• 2 Chronicles 3:1

  This verse states that Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, at the threshing floor of Ornan that David had appointed. It is frequently cited as a key text linking the temple site to Abraham's offering of Isaac on Moriah and to David's altar.

• Altar

  An altar is a raised structure built of earth, stone, or similar materials for offering sacrifices to God and for worship. The altars of the patriarchs are followed by the altar of burnt offering in the tabernacle and the temple, and the New Testament reads this theme in light of the sacrifice of Christ.

• Moriah

  Moriah is the name of the land to which Abraham went at God's command to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering. Second Chronicles gives the name Mount Moriah to the mountain in Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple.

• Angel of the Lord

  The Angel of the Lord is an Old Testament term for a being sent by God who appears to people and delivers his word. Because the angel sometimes speaks as though he were God himself, interpreters disagree about the angel's identity.

• Luke 6:38

  A saying of Jesus that begins, "Give, and it shall be given unto you." The verse is widely used to encourage offerings and generosity, but its original context concerns judging and forgiving others, and whether it should be read as a promise of reward is debated.

• Exodus 22

  Exodus 22 is part of the Book of the Covenant, the collection of laws given at Mount Sinai. It contains regulations on restitution for theft and property damage, liability for goods held in trust, the protection of the stranger, the widow, the fatherless, and the poor, and laws concerning offerings to God and holiness.

• Exodus 24:8

  The verse in which Moses, at Mount Sinai, sprinkles the blood of the sacrifices on the people and declares it "the blood of the covenant," completing the ratification of the covenant between God and Israel. Because Jesus' words instituting the Lord's Supper and the Epistle to the Hebrews take up this expression, these passages are frequently read together.

• Exodus 40:34-35

  The closing scene of the Book of Exodus, in which, once the tabernacle is completed, the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle so that even Moses cannot enter. As a key text on God's presence dwelling among his people, it is frequently cited at dedication services and in sermons on worship.

• Genesis 22

  In this chapter, Abraham, at God's command, sets out to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah. He is stopped, offers a ram in Isaac's place, and receives a renewed promise of blessing. The chapter ends with a list of Nahor's descendants.

• Jehovah-jireh

  Jehovah-jireh is the name Abraham gave to the place on the mountain where he was about to offer Isaac, as recorded in Genesis 22:14. It means "the LORD sees" or "the LORD will provide."

• Burnt Offering

  The burnt offering is an Old Testament sacrifice in which the offering was burned whole on the altar and presented to God. Its procedure is set out in detail in Leviticus 1.

• Numbers 28

  Numbers 28 sets out the kinds and quantities of offerings to be presented in the daily continual burnt offering and on the Sabbath, the new moon, Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Weeks. Together with chapter 29, it forms Israel's annual calendar of sacrifices.

• Leaven

  Leaven is fermented dough used to make dough rise. In the Old Testament it appears in the regulations for the Feast of Unleavened Bread and for offerings. In the New Testament it serves as an image both of the kingdom of God and of evil teaching and sin.

• Thanksgiving Offering

  A thanksgiving offering is an offering given in gratitude for grace received from God. In Korean churches, it is often given separately from regular offerings, with the giver writing the reason for thanksgiving on the offering envelope.

• Sin Offering

  The sin offering is one of the Old Testament sacrifices prescribed in Leviticus. Offered for sins committed unknowingly and for ritual impurity, it involved putting an animal's blood on the altar and sprinkling it. The New Testament connects it with the death of Christ.

• Peace Offering

  The peace offering is an Old Testament sacrifice prescribed in Leviticus 3 and 7. Its fat was burned on the altar, and its meat was shared between the priests and the worshiper. It was offered as an expression of thanksgiving, in fulfillment of a vow, or as a freewill offering.

• Ordination Offering

  An ordination offering is an offering made by a person receiving a church office, such as elder, kwonsa (exhorting deaconess), or ordained deacon, on the occasion of the ordination service. Some regard it as an expression of gratitude, while others criticize it as a way of buying church office with money.

• Altar of Burnt Offering

  The altar of burnt offering stood in the courtyard of the tabernacle and of the Temple in Jerusalem, and burnt offerings and other animal sacrifices were burned on it. Because it was overlaid with bronze, it is also called the "bronze altar."