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* Moses's first encounter with Yochabel, while he has no way of knowing what she really is to him. He shows her just as much kindness as any son would to his mother.
--> '''Yochabel''': (''Moses kneels down and cuts her free of the stone block'') My -- Noble One,[[note]]She almost said "My son".[[/note]] it caught. I had not the strength to free myself.
--> '''Moses''': Your shoulders should not bear a burden, old woman.
--> '''Yochabel''': The Lord has renewed my strength and lightened my burdens.
--> '''Moses''': He would have done better to remove them.
** Even before he became the deliverer of the Hebrews, Moses is shown to be kinder and more reasonable to them than the other Egyptians are to them. First off, he stops an Egyptian from whipping Lilia and hears out her reasons for coming to him, and then before he rescues Yochabel, reprimands the other Egyptians for leaving her to be buried alive. Also after he hears of Joshua striking an overseer, which is punishable by death, he also hears out his reasons for doing so (saving Yochabel whom Joshua hardly knows), and impressed by his courage, releases him of all charges, earning Joshua's respect and loyalty. And then after hearing from each side, Egyptian (if the slaves are not driven they will not work) and Hebrew (if their work lags, it's because they are not fed) alike, Moses decides to reform the treatment of the slaves by raiding the temple graneries and giving the grain to the slaves and finally giving them one day in seven to rest. Thus, the slaves became more happier and more productive and as such, the city of Seti's Jubliee is nearly completed, resulting in a win-win scenario.
--->'''Moses:''' Is there any grain stored here in Goshen? \\
'''Rameses:''' None that you would dare take, my brother. \\
'''Joshua:''' (''steps forward'') Temple graneries are full. \\
(''{{Beat}}'') \\
'''Moses:''' (''to Joshua'') [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Bring the push-pull men and some women with baskets.]] \\
'''Joshua:''' (''excitedly'') I will... Great Prince! (''walks off to carry out the order.'') \\
'''Rameses:''' I warn you Moses, that the temple grain belongs to the gods. \\
'''Moses:''' [[DeadpanSnarker What the gods can digest will not sour in the belly of a slave.]]
* Sethi gets one on his deathbed, with his last words Sethi speaks Moses' name after having decreed it could never be spoken again. And it was that he still loved him like a son.
--> '''Sethi''': With my last breath, I'll break my own law and speak the name of... Moses. Moses.
* Bithiah, Moses's adoptive mother, delivers or receives one in practically every scene she is in. To wit:
** Upon learning that Moses is a slave baby, she loves him and raises him anyway.
*** She's got a bit of IRejectYourReality about it, giving Memnet an IronLady "OR ELSE" look when she says:
---> '''Bithiah.''' I am the Pharaoh's daughter, ''and this is my son.'' He shall be reared [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe in MY house]]... (cue CutenessProximity voice as she looks at him) as the Prince of the Two Lands.
** She gives Moses a hug upon his safe return from war, and Moses remarks that she is "the first face he looked for, but the last he found."
** Upon the revelation that he is a slave, Moses remarks that Bithiah is the one he thinks of when he thinks of his mother, and he will love her regardless of anything that happens.
** When Moses is punished, Bithiah throws herself upon Sethi's mercy, pleading for his life.
** During Passover, she is freed from captivity, and joins Moses in the supper. When others protest that she is an idol worshipper, Moses shuts them up, and prepares a place for her. She then remarks that there is a wonderful grace in his eyes, and she hopes one day, she can come to understand it.
--->'''Bithia:''' May a stranger enter? \\
'''Moses:''' (''smiles and embraces her'') There are no strangers among those who seek God's mercy.
*** The fact that her guards were allowed to attend the supper as well is heartwarming in itself.
*** There's a bit of interplay during the supper between her and Moses' former brick-pit colleague Mered (Donald Curtis), suggesting that they're going to end up together. In the Bible, TheyDo!
** She offers a place upon her litter for an old man, and when he says he is too sick to travel, she tells him she will plant a fig tree he is carrying in the new land.
** She offers to sacrifice herself to stop Pharoah's chariots (and it's Mered who stops her). She's also seen shepherding numerous children between the parted waters.
** She calls out the sinning Israelites for their doubt, claiming that God would never allow Moses to fall before his work was finished.
* Moses coming down from his first meeting with God, with a beatific expression and insistence that he's going to free his people with a staff, not a sword.
* Borders on TearJerker: The old man who was murdered by the overseer, as he dies in Moses's arms, laments that he couldn't have looked upon the man who was prophesied to free his people. Without even being aware of it, he got his wish.
** At the same time, he's dying in Moses' arms because Moses refuses to let him die in the mud.
* Nefretiri instantly pulling out all the stops to save Moses' son, even if her true motives were ultimately selfish.
* When Rameses sends Moses into exile, Pentaur, the commander of the Pharaoh's Host, puts on his robes and tells Moses, who he served with in the war against Ethiopia, "I'd rather this be your armor."
* When the plague strikes Pentaur's firstborn in midstride and Pentaur kneels beside him, Rameses places his hand on his shoulder as a comforting gesture.
** Pentaur is played by longtime [=DeMille=] associate Henry Wilcoxon, who was also assistant producer on this. Just his presence in this picture is heartwarming in itself. His student [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Orrison Katherine Orrison]] did the commentary for the DVD.
* When Dathan names Moses as the deliverer, Rameses threatens to kill him because he doesn't believe him--"Why would Moses or any Egyptian deliver the Hebrews?" Despite all his animosity towards Moses, he still has enough loyalty to him to defend him against what he thinks are Dathan's lies.
* A small FreezeFrameBonus, but before Memnet realizes the baby Moses is a Hebrew, she’s smiling, knowing that Bithia finally found the baby she always prayed for.

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* Moses's first encounter with Yochabel, while he has no way of knowing what she really is to him. He shows her just as much kindness as any son would to his mother.
--> '''Yochabel''': (''Moses kneels down and cuts her free of the stone block'') My -- Noble One,[[note]]She almost said "My son".[[/note]] it caught. I had not the strength to free myself.
--> '''Moses''': Your shoulders should not bear a burden, old woman.
--> '''Yochabel''': The Lord has renewed my strength and lightened my burdens.
--> '''Moses''': He would have done better to remove them.
** Even before he became the deliverer of the Hebrews, Moses is shown to be kinder and more reasonable to them than the other Egyptians are to them. First off, he stops an Egyptian from whipping Lilia and hears out her reasons for coming to him, and then before he rescues Yochabel, reprimands the other Egyptians for leaving her to be buried alive. Also after he hears of Joshua striking an overseer, which is punishable by death, he also hears out his reasons for doing so (saving Yochabel whom Joshua hardly knows), and impressed by his courage, releases him of all charges, earning Joshua's respect and loyalty. And then after hearing from each side, Egyptian (if the slaves are not driven they will not work) and Hebrew (if their work lags, it's because they are not fed) alike, Moses decides to reform the treatment of the slaves by raiding the temple graneries and giving the grain to the slaves and finally giving them one day in seven to rest. Thus, the slaves became more happier and more productive and as such, the city of Seti's Jubliee is nearly completed, resulting in a win-win scenario.
--->'''Moses:''' Is there any grain stored here in Goshen? \\
'''Rameses:''' None that you would dare take, my brother. \\
'''Joshua:''' (''steps forward'') Temple graneries are full. \\
(''{{Beat}}'') \\
'''Moses:''' (''to Joshua'') [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Bring the push-pull men and some women with baskets.]] \\
'''Joshua:''' (''excitedly'') I will... Great Prince! (''walks off to carry out the order.'') \\
'''Rameses:''' I warn you Moses, that the temple grain belongs to the gods. \\
'''Moses:''' [[DeadpanSnarker What the gods can digest will not sour in the belly of a slave.]]
* Sethi gets one on his deathbed, with his last words Sethi speaks Moses' name after having decreed it could never be spoken again. And it was that he still loved him like a son.
--> '''Sethi''': With my last breath, I'll break my own law and speak the name of... Moses. Moses.
* Bithiah, Moses's adoptive mother, delivers or receives one in practically every scene she is in. To wit:
** Upon learning that Moses is a slave baby, she loves him and raises him anyway.
*** She's got a bit of IRejectYourReality about it, giving Memnet an IronLady "OR ELSE" look when she says:
---> '''Bithiah.''' I am the Pharaoh's daughter, ''and this is my son.'' He shall be reared [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe in MY house]]... (cue CutenessProximity voice as she looks at him) as the Prince of the Two Lands.
** She gives Moses a hug upon his safe return from war, and Moses remarks that she is "the first face he looked for, but the last he found."
** Upon the revelation that he is a slave, Moses remarks that Bithiah is the one he thinks of when he thinks of his mother, and he will love her regardless of anything that happens.
** When Moses is punished, Bithiah throws herself upon Sethi's mercy, pleading for his life.
** During Passover, she is freed from captivity, and joins Moses in the supper. When others protest that she is an idol worshipper, Moses shuts them up, and prepares a place for her. She then remarks that there is a wonderful grace in his eyes, and she hopes one day, she can come to understand it.
--->'''Bithia:''' May a stranger enter? \\
'''Moses:''' (''smiles and embraces her'') There are no strangers among those who seek God's mercy.
*** The fact that her guards were allowed to attend the supper as well is heartwarming in itself.
*** There's a bit of interplay during the supper between her and Moses' former brick-pit colleague Mered (Donald Curtis), suggesting that they're going to end up together. In the Bible, TheyDo!
** She offers a place upon her litter for an old man, and when he says he is too sick to travel, she tells him she will plant a fig tree he is carrying in the new land.
** She offers to sacrifice herself to stop Pharoah's chariots (and it's Mered who stops her). She's also seen shepherding numerous children between the parted waters.
** She calls out the sinning Israelites for their doubt, claiming that God would never allow Moses to fall before his work was finished.
* Moses coming down from his first meeting with God, with a beatific expression and insistence that he's going to free his people with a staff, not a sword.
* Borders on TearJerker: The old man who was murdered by the overseer, as he dies in Moses's arms, laments that he couldn't have looked upon the man who was prophesied to free his people. Without even being aware of it, he got his wish.
** At the same time, he's dying in Moses' arms because Moses refuses to let him die in the mud.
* Nefretiri instantly pulling out all the stops to save Moses' son, even if her true motives were ultimately selfish.
* When Rameses sends Moses into exile, Pentaur, the commander of the Pharaoh's Host, puts on his robes and tells Moses, who he served with in the war against Ethiopia, "I'd rather this be your armor."
* When the plague strikes Pentaur's firstborn in midstride and Pentaur kneels beside him, Rameses places his hand on his shoulder as a comforting gesture.
** Pentaur is played by longtime [=DeMille=] associate Henry Wilcoxon, who was also assistant producer on this. Just his presence in this picture is heartwarming in itself. His student [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Orrison Katherine Orrison]] did the commentary for the DVD.
* When Dathan names Moses as the deliverer, Rameses threatens to kill him because he doesn't believe him--"Why would Moses or any Egyptian deliver the Hebrews?" Despite all his animosity towards Moses, he still has enough loyalty to him to defend him against what he thinks are Dathan's lies.
* A small FreezeFrameBonus, but before Memnet realizes the baby Moses is a Hebrew, she’s smiling, knowing that Bithia finally found the baby she always prayed for.
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'''Joshua:''' (''steps forward''') Temple graneries are full. \\

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'''Joshua:''' (''steps forward''') forward'') Temple graneries are full. \\
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