Interior of the mosque Dome of the Rock. The summit of Mount Moriah lies like a brown uncut gem in its glittering setting. If we are to believe tradition, this is the rock on which Isaac was bound as a sacrifice to God. Here David offered up sacrifice and here stood the altars of the several temples. When the crusaders captured Jerusalem, they placed their high altar on the rock
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