How the Daily Offering Recalls the Binding of Isaac

They said: On the very day that our father Abraham offered Isaac his son upon the altar, the Holy One, blessed be He, established two lambs, one in the morning and one toward evening, as it is said, "the one lamb" and so forth. And why all this? Because at the time when Israel offers the daily offerings upon the altar and reads this verse, "northward before the LORD" (Leviticus 1:11), He remembers the binding of Isaac son of Abraham. I call heaven and earth to witness for Me: whether gentile or Israelite, whether man or woman, whether manservant or maidservant, who reads this verse, "northward before the LORD," the Holy One, blessed be He, remembers the binding of Isaac son of Abraham. Another interpretation: "Northward before the LORD" refers to the deeds of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are stored away (tzefunim) before Him, as it is said, "new ones and also old ones, my beloved, I have stored away for you" (Song of Songs 7:14). Amram and all the worthy ones who were in Egypt are the old ones, and those after him are the new ones.