substituting for sinners. Rather, this passage “is portraying an obedient servant worshiping God in faith at great cost, and in the final analysis, God provide[s] for the sacrifice” (Ross 1997, 393). This attitude of sacrifice carries over to the nation of Israel, where sacrifice is made for worship and sins. It is the cost—the sacrifice—that allows the worshiper acceptance with God. The worshiper does whatever God asks, and God provides for him or her. In the manner that God provides for Abraham,