Moses - Garden Grove, CA
N 33° 47.215 W 117° 53.935
11S E 416778 N 3738893
This 13-foot bronze statue of Moses hoisting the Ten Commandments is located near the entrance to the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA.
Waymark Code: WM9B1M
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2010
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“Moses” is a 13-foot bronze statue that was installed at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA January 2000. The base rocks were imported from Mount Sinai.
Moses was sculpted by John M. Soderberg, Ph.D Artist Webpage: (
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The plaque has a Bible inscription from Exodus 32:15-16 that reads “...and Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets were in his hand...the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.”
Moses From Wikipedia:
“According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Children of Israel, were increasing in number and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might help Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed. He ended up being adopted into the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian where he tended the flocks of Jethro, a priest of Midian on the slopes of Mt. Horeb. After the Ten Plagues were unleashed on Egypt, Moses led the Exodus of the Hebrew people out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai and compassed the borders of Edom. It was at this time that Moses received the Ten Commandments. Despite living to the purported age of 120 given in the Bible, Moses died before reaching the Land of Israel." (
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“Moses” is one of several religious statues on the grounds of the Crystal Cathedral. There is no fee to visit and visitors are welcome.
The Crystal Cathedral is located at:
12141 Lewis St., Garden Grove, CA. 92840
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