Ten Commandments, The (1956) quotes
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Ramses II
Seti I
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What have you found?
[As they are setting a baby Moses away]
Miriam: But Mother, we have not even given him a name.
Yochabel: God will give him a name.
Miriam: But Mother, we have not even given him a name.
Yochabel: God will give him a name.
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Aaron: Arise, O Israel! Behold the dawn of freedom!
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Bithiah: You will be the glory of Egypt, my son. Mighty in words and deeds. Kings shall bow before you. Your name will live on when the pyramids are dust. And…because I drew you from the water, you shall be called Moses. Moses! Moses!
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Commander of the Hosts: I’ve known battle for 30 years, Pharaoh, but I’ve not known fear till tonight.
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Song of Joseph:
Jacob cherished
His son Joseph,
Many colors was his coat.
All his brothers
Hated Joseph,
Into bondage he was sold.
His son Joseph,
Many colors was his coat.
All his brothers
Hated Joseph,
Into bondage he was sold.
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Announcer: The Lord Moses, Prince of Egypt, son of the Pharaoh’s sister, beloved of the Nile god, commander of the Southern Host!
Egyptian 1: Welcome home!
Egyptian 2: Prince Moses!
Jannes: The blessing of the god Amun-Ra be upon you, Great Prince! He has brought down the pride of Ethiopia. Yes, that is…
Seti: [As Jannes continues on] The old windbag.
Nefretiri: I agree with him.
Egyptian 1: Welcome home!
Egyptian 2: Prince Moses!
Jannes: The blessing of the god Amun-Ra be upon you, Great Prince! He has brought down the pride of Ethiopia. Yes, that is…
Seti: [As Jannes continues on] The old windbag.
Nefretiri: I agree with him.
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Baka: We use the old ones for greasing the stones. If they are killed it is no loss.
Moses: Are you a master builder or a master butcher?
Baka: If we stop moving stones for every grease woman who falls, the city will not rise.
Overseer: If the slaves are not driven they will not work.
Joshua: If their work lags it is because they are not fed.
Moses: You look strong enough.
Joshua: I am a stone cutter. The pharaoh likes his images cut deep.
Moses has words. Pharaoh has spears!
Moses: Are you a master builder or a master butcher?
Baka: If we stop moving stones for every grease woman who falls, the city will not rise.
Overseer: If the slaves are not driven they will not work.
Joshua: If their work lags it is because they are not fed.
Moses: You look strong enough.
Joshua: I am a stone cutter. The pharaoh likes his images cut deep.
Moses has words. Pharaoh has spears!
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Baka: Will you lose a throne because Moses builds a city?
Rameses: The city that he builds shall bear my name. The woman that he loves shall bear my child. So it shall be written, so it shall be done.
Rameses: The city that he builds shall bear my name. The woman that he loves shall bear my child. So it shall be written, so it shall be done.
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Baka: You make no outcry, Joshua, but you will; you will cry for the mercy of death.
Joshua: One day you will listen to the cry of slaves.
Baka: This is not that day, Joshua.
Joshua: One day you will listen to the cry of slaves.
Baka: This is not that day, Joshua.
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Bithiah: In fear of your God, they have set me free. May a stranger enter?
Moses: There are no strangers among those who seek God’s mercy.
Bithiah: My bearers?
Moses: All who thirst for freedom may come with us.
Moses: There are no strangers among those who seek God’s mercy.
Bithiah: My bearers?
Moses: All who thirst for freedom may come with us.
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Bithiah: They will stop for me!
Mered: A charging chariot knows no rank!
I lost him when he found his god.
Mered: A charging chariot knows no rank!
I lost him when he found his god.
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Caleb: Do you hear thunder? Over the sea?
Joshua: No, it comes from the desert. That’s the thunder of horses!
Joshua: No, it comes from the desert. That’s the thunder of horses!
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Egyptian Tax Collector: Can taxes be collected from dead cattle and blighted harvests?
Rameses: Does fear rule Egypt?! Or do I?
Rameses: Does fear rule Egypt?! Or do I?