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Genesis 22:
Centuries later, in 1 Chronicles 21:
Now fast-forward to the NT, Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified in Matthew 27:
Probably not exactly the same spot. Jesus was crucified outside of Herod's temple, in fact, outside of Jerusalem. The two locations likely were not that far away from each other.
Originally, Moriah was the name of a general region. The specific site was shown later to Abraham on location.2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
Centuries later, in 1 Chronicles 21:
Some years later, in 2 Chronicles 3:18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
At this point, Mount Moriah was connected to Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac and David's altar. That's the spot where Solomon built his magnificent temple. Abraham, David, and Solomon built their altars there.1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.
Now fast-forward to the NT, Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified in Matthew 27:
From Pilate's court, Jesus traveled to Golgotha:31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.
Jesus was crucified in Golgotha outside the city gate of Jerusalem. Hebrews 13:32 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
Was Jesus crucified where Isaac was almost sacrificed?11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.
Probably not exactly the same spot. Jesus was crucified outside of Herod's temple, in fact, outside of Jerusalem. The two locations likely were not that far away from each other.