The Ten Commandments Page #11

You told Moses

to make bricks without straw.

Now, he tells you

to make cities without bricks!

Who is the slave,

and who is the Pharaoh?

Do you hear laughter, Rameses?

Yes, the laughter of kings

in Babylon, in Canaan,

in Troy,

as Egypt surrenders

to the god of slaves!

Bring the Hebrew in.

Go into the garden.

It's not good for a son of Pharaoh

to see his father humbled

by a son of slaves.

My son, stand beside me.

Have the days of darkness

made you see the light, Rameses?

Will you now free my people?

Great one,

bid the scribe read the order.

Give me the writing.

Sublime, ye Pharaoh.

You cannot resist the power

of his god!

I know not his god!

Neither will I let his people go.

How long will you refuse

to humble yourself before God?

If you bring another plague upon us,

it is not your god but I who will

turn the Nile red with blood.

As your father's father

turned the streets of Goshen red

with the blood of our male children!

If there is one more plague on Egypt,

it is by your word

that God will bring it.

And there shall be so great a cry

throughout the land

that you will surely

let the people go.

Come to me no more, Moses,

for on the day

you see my face again,

you will surely die.

So let it be written.

I will give this spawn of slaves

and his god

an answer the world will not forget!

Commander of the Host,

call on the chariots from Tanis.

There shall be one more plague,

only it will come upon

the slaves of Goshen!

First-born of each house shall die,

beginning with the son of Moses.

You are the shepherd girl

that Moses married?

The queen of Egypt is beautiful,

as he told me.

My husband is not here.

Is this Moses' son?

Yes, this is our son.

What do you want of us?

You need have no fear of me.

I feared only his memory of you.

You have been able to erase it?

He has forgotten both of us.

You lost him

when he went to seek his God.

I lost him when he found his God.

At least he left you

a son to cherish.

I am here to save his son.

- From what?

- From Pharaoh's decree

that the first-born

of Israel must die.

Die?

God of Abraham!

Don't let him do this!

Not to the children!

A caravan for Midian

is waiting for you and your son.

My chariot will bring you to it.

I'm surprised you noticed me.

You didn't at the palace this morning,

you know?

Why? Were you afraid to look at me?

What do you want, Nefretiri?

You, Moses.

Everything about us

is coming to an end!

You will destroy Egypt

or Egypt will destroy you.

I belong to you, Moses.

She's gone with your son to Midian.

Why would she leave?

She knew you would try to save the

other children before your own son.

Save the other children? From what?

Rameses is massing the Libyan axmen,

the chariots, the Sardinian swordsmen.

Why? Tell me why!

- To destroy the first-born of Israel.

- Oh, God!

My God!

Out of his own mouth

comes thy judgment!

- But I have saved your son, Moses.

- It is not my son who will die!

It is... It is the first-born of Egypt!

It is your son, Nefretiri!

You would not dare

strike Pharaoh's son!

In the hardness of his heart,

Pharaoh has mocked God

and brings death to his own son!

But he's my son, Moses.

You would not harm my son?

By myself, I am nothing.

It is the power of God

which uses me to work his will.

You would not let him do this to me.

I saved your son.

I cannot save yours.

Your god listens to you, Moses.

About midnight,

the destroyer will come

into the midst of Egypt

and all the first-born shall die,

from the first-born of Pharaoh

to the first-born of his servants.

When you were Prince of Egypt,

you held me in your arms.

When you were a condemned slave,

I threw myself at your feet

before the court of Pharaoh.

Because I loved you, Moses.

It is the Lord

who executes judgment, Nefretiri.

Go back to your son.

Your love for me is stronger

than the power of any god.

You will not kill my son.

Turn from thy fierce wrath, O Lord!

Death cometh to me

To set me free

Death cometh to me...

No, Lilia, death will not come to you.

Joshua!

Joshua, you risk your life

in coming here.

- You are first-born.

- So are you.

I bring lamb's blood to mark

the doorposts and lintel,

that the Angel of Death

may pass you by.

Joshua, it is enough

that you have come to me.

I am outcast among our people-

Don't save me from death, Joshua,

save me from life.

Tomorrow will bring a new world

for us, Lilia.

There will be no new world!

And no blood on this door!

Dathan, it will save her life!

Moses has God's promise!

Moses has words, Pharaoh has spears.

Remember, Joshua,

of her own free will she's mine.

And under his wing shalt thou trust

"Though we stand

in the shadow of death,

the Lord is our God.

The Lord is one."

"The Lord is our God.

The Lord is one."

His truth shall be thy shield

"Shield us through this night

of terror, O King of the Universe."

Why is everyone afraid?

Why is this night

different from all others?

Because this night the Lord our God

will deliver us

from the bondage of Egypt.

Thou shalt not be afraid

for the terror by night

Stand all!

- Pharaoh's soldiers!

- Or worse!

Or from the arrow that flyeth by day

Bithiah!

In fear of your god,

they have set me free.

May a stranger enter?

There are no strangers

among those who seek God's mercy.

My bearers?

All who thirst for freedom

may come with us.

The darkness of death

will pass over us tonight.

Tomorrow the light of freedom

will shine upon us

- as we go forth from Egypt.

- I shall go with you, Moses.

- A princess of Egypt!

- From the house of Pharaoh!

- The gods of Egypt.

- An idol-worshipper!

This woman drew me from the Nile

and set my feet

upon the path of knowledge.

Mered, bring a chair to our table

for the daughter of Pharaoh.

There is a great light

that shines from your face, Moses.

Perhaps some day

I shall come to understand it.

He is God's messenger, Princess.

If it is not forbidden to look upon

the breath of pestilence,

then see, for it is here.

Do not look, Eleazar.

Close the door, Joshua,

and let death pass.

Will it pass, Moses? Will it pass?

That is God's promise, Elisheba.

"Blessed art thou, O Lord our God,

who bringeth forth bread

from the Earth."

Run! Run!

There shall no evil befall you,

or any plagues come near you.

A thousand shall fall at thy sight

Why do we eat unleavened bread

and bitter herbs, my uncle?

- The herbs...

- Faster! Take the other road!

The herbs remind us of the

bitterness of our captivity, Eleazar.

But it shall not come nigh thee

This is the bread of haste,

that you will remember this night

from generation to generation forever.

Oh, my baby! Give me back my baby!

- They are my people.

- All are God's people.

Death is all around us!

But it passes those

who have believed the Lord.

Always remember, Eleazar,

he passed over your house.

Are the captains of Egypt

afraid of a night mist?

- The death cry is everywhere.

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