*Moses* went up Mount Sinai to recieve the Ten Commandments. You're thinking of the the story of Abraham who was ordered by God to take his son Isaac into the land of Moriah and sacrifice him to God, (needless to say it was just a test of Abraham's faith - no sacrifice took place). According to my Bible concordance 'Moriah' was also the name of the mount on which Solomon built his temple.
The biblical 'Moriah' is pronounced Mor-eye-ah and Tolkien's 'Moria' Mor-ee-ah, but it's certainly possible that the one inspired the other perhaps subconsciously.
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