The Ten Commandments (1956) Soundboard Edit

A gift from Rameses to His Excellency.

A grain safe to feed the masters,

Aaron and the elders carry a shrouded body, Grandfather!

Above other men.

Among these slaves, there is a prophecy of a deliverer

And Aaron fashioned it and smoothed it with the hammer;

And he found strength from a fruit laden palm tree

And he went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo,

And if he is, to know why he has not heard the cries

And in their minds will I write them.

And it came to pass, after the stifling night of terror;

And my prayer unanswered.

And speak the name of...

And such a beautiful enemy!

And the earth trembles

And the Lord said unto Moses,

And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel.

And the people sinned a great sin,

And the wine of desire was in her veins

And the word was God.

And they adorned themselves in rich apparel and costly array,

Are these slaves loyal to Sethi's glory,

At the coming of dawn, we will strike.

Bear it before your idle people

Beaten into the dust from which he came,

Because Moses has sold the whole shearing

Before your city is finished, these trifles will surprise you.

Beloved of the Nile god, commander of the Southern Host.

Blue pennant!

Bring the Hebrew in.

But death is better than bondage,

But his counselors

But Sethi might.

But the staff of a wanderer.

But to a condemned slave like Joshua,

But your own arrogance.

Captain.

Commander of the Egyptian Host...

Commander of the Host, call on the chariots from Tanis

Did beat the molten gold into thin plates.

Do not kneel to me, Joshua.

Do not take me from my people!

Does a Pharaoh harden his heart against his son?

Does this god demand a scarred back and broken hands

Drive them away!

Egypt?

Farewell, my one time brother

For the blind one!

Free them, if you will. Leave the Hebrews to me

From the heavy laden Nile boats to the teeming shore.

Give this prince of Israel one day's ration of bread and water

Go out from among us, you and your people.

Go.

God of A 'Dram

God will send us the deliverer.

Great lord of the lower world,

Great Pharaoh, he is the son of your body

Great Pharaoh...

Guards! Guards! You women take water to the roof.

Hallelujah!

Has any man ever gone to see him face to face?

He did not mean this to be so.

He hears the echoing voices of the dark.

He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years,

Hear me, dread lord of darkness...

Hear them.

Her eyes, green as the cedars of Lebanon

Here is your king's scepter

His god?

His god... is God.

How were you saved?

I am not one to make excuses

I am not this deliverer you fear.

I asked Moses for his life.

I cannot fight the power of his god.

I decide what is yours.

I did that.

I had not the strength to free myself.

I have paid you much and you have brought me nothing.

I have the prince's orders. One and two poles, up!

I might behold the deliverer

I prefer the gratitude of the prince

I shall not see your face again

I think I see him, Memnet.

I will ask a welcome for him in our father's tent.

I'd rather be alone now.

If the stone cracks, you may crack with it.

If they are killed, it is no loss.

If what you say pleases me, I will give you your price, all of it.

Imagine poor Nefretiri,

In the Ark, they carry the law you brought them.

Is it not enough to know that he has saved you from the Pharaoh's anger?

Is whether men are to be ruled by God's law,

It is Joshua who brings order and purpose.

It is not by the sword that he will deliver his people,

It is not by your word,

It was not he who saved you just now.

It's a little golden calf, Grandfather, with horns!

It's a pity to kill so strong a stonecutter.

Joshua will always be grateful to you,

Joshua!

Keep pulling up there.

Leave us. All of you. Yes, you, too, my brother.

Like the breast of a dove, her arms were soft

Long since destroyed, or perhaps lost,

Look, Moses.

Love cannot drown truth, Nefretiri

Love is not an art to us

Make pure the flood from which you came.

Man took dominion over man

May my arms stay strong in your service, Great Sethi.

Moses, it would be death to look upon his face.

Moses, the people are assembled

Moses..

Mother, look!

My eyes could not look upon him.

My little mud flower

My son, stand beside me

Neither will you, stonecutter.

No Moses, no jubilee.

No phantom will come between you and me in the night.

None that you would dare take, my brother.

Nor shade the scorching fury of the sun.

Not for the throne of Egypt.

Not red with the sammur gown.

Nothing of this Earth can make me bow to you, Moses

Now, to whom shall I return Lilia?

O Lord God,

Obey?

Old Memnet must have walked that balcony a thousand times

One day you will listen to the cry of slaves.

One day's ration?

One man to stand alone against an empire.

Order the men to move back, Joshua.

Our mud flower has a thorn.

Out of this glorious chaos,

People will bless you, great one.

Perhaps some day I shall come to understand it.

Please! Please! No!

Princess!

Proclaim liberty throughout all the lands,

Pull!

Ready blue signal.

See how it spreads

Seven days without water! Fill every jug and jar!

She comes to the well every day

Slaves are wealth, Commander.

So be it.

Stand aside! Come!

Strange gift.

Sublime, ye Pharaoh.

Take it clear of the house.

That he may see the power of God.

That you took us away to die in the wilderness?

The daughter of Pharaoh,

The dead make none.

The foot of a slave is on the neck of Egypt.

The herbs remind us of the bitterness of our captivity, Eleazar.

The power of your God is a cheap magician's trick.

The slaves are mine.

The story of the birth of freedom.

The water girl, stop her!

The wind opens the sea!

The word of your mother against a piece of cloth found by Memnet?

Their god does not hear their cry.

Their lives are mine.

Then he is more than man, for look...

There is a beauty beyond the senses, Nefretiri.

There shall be one more plague,

These historians had access to documents

They shall serve me upon this mountain.

They were perverse and crooked and rebellious against God.

They would cry louder if they had to make the bricks

This is Baka’s knife.

This is not that day, Joshua.

This is the bread of haste,

This is work for a butcher, not a Pharaoh.

This woman of Egypt who left her scar upon your heart

This...

Thou shalt not bear false witness

To destroy the venomous serpents used against you

To leave him no retreat.

To save its life from your father's edict.

To separate the wheat from the chaff

To the place of living men,

Turn from thy fierce wrath, O Lord!

Uncleanness, idolatry and rioting,

Until I hear the word of God,

Until the stone settles to its base.

Vanity and wrath.

Water before love, my girl.

Water girl!

We fear no army of the Earth,

We will learn if a god of shepherds is stronger than the gods of Pharaoh

What evil has done this to you?

What I believe is of no account.

What kingdom has sent you?

What prayer, old man?

When their cracked lips bleed with thirst,

When your limbs have been caressed by sweet oils

Where all may come to light their torches!

Whether you enjoy it or not is your own affair.

Who is this God that I should let your people go?

Who was this child?

Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Why, of all men, did I fall in love with the prince of fools?

With my last breath, I'll break my own law

With veils of blue and purple and scarlet,

Without a hope

Written with the finger of God.

Yes

Yes. Very lovely

Yochabel is caught. Stop the stone!

You are no man's slave. The hour of deliverance has come

You cannot resist the power of his god!

You do believe it, or you would not have killed Memnet

You make no outcry, Joshua.

You need have no fear of me.

You said if the deliverer were a myth,

You shall leave Goshen, you and your family, tonight

You shall see his Chariots no more!

You were saved from the Nile to be a curse upon me

You will come to me whenever I call you.

You will surely die

You would fill the emptiness of my heart?

You're Dathan, the Hebrew overseer

You're no beggar, my love

Your mother is calling.

Your name shall be carved beside mine on every pylon

Are there any higher in Egypt? There are none higher in the world.

Are you sure he's alive? I hope so!

Cut the old woman loose. She'll stay where she is,

Death will bring death, Baka. Who are you?

I have soap weed. Let me first remove his sandals!

I know nothing of your god. He knows you, Moses.

I obey! Nura and Thebes will draw my chariot.

Look! There!

Moses! Moses!

Pull! You'll kill her! Stop the stone!

She has paid

You gave the grain to the slaves? Yes.

'Cause now he holds Ethiopia in his left hand,