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Sharon Price Anderson, "In Bethlehem," Ensign, Feb 2008, 10
Not far from Mount Moriah
where the Father of the Faithful
built an altar of native stone,
and binding Isaac, laid him
on the fire-ready wood
of sacrifice, before he saw
the thicket-caught ram,
Mary lays her firstborn son,
wrapped in swaddling bands,
on tinder-dry hay
in limestone
manger
of a stable-cave.
Fulfilled again are words
of Abraham-
God will provide Himself a lamb.
For unto Us a Child Is Born, by Simon Dewey © courtesy of Altus Fine Art, American Fork, Utah; inset: detail from Sacrifice of Isaac, by Jerry Harston
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