[puts scrolls down]
Last night, the gods granted me a vision. I'm not merely going to restore this temple, I will make it more grand, more splendid than any other one in Egypt.
M Man
[the slave whip cracks the man's butt, then walking up, then the men continue pulling, then bringing a bag, then the men continue pulling, then knocking the man]
Get up! [whip cracks the bag]
[he walks away by knocking the man]
Moses! Look. Fate has turned our little misadventure into a great opportunity.
G Guard
[they both walk]
Get up, old man!
Father will be so pleased...
G Guard
Put your back into it! Faster!
[Aaron continues chopping]
This is just the beginning. A gateway will open to an entire new city of white limestone, more dazzling than the sun. And here, a statue of Hapi.
G Guard
[whip cracks the man]
I said, hurry!
...two great column halls.
Stop it! Somebody's got to stop this!
There's nothing we can do.
[the guard whip cracks the man, then running by looking at a man with a whip crack hitting him] [quietly]
Stop it. [louder] Stop. STOP IT! LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE!
K Kahma
[Moses attacks the guard by falling down, breaking the wood]
Out of my way. Out of my way. Move! Who did this?
M Man
Up there! It's him. Up there.
[he pants, then looking at the men, gasping, then running away]
Moses!
[he continues running away, then rolling down, then Rameses grabs Moses]
Moses, what's going on? Moses!
[he continues running away]
Moses! Moses!
You saw what happened. I just killed a man!
We can take care of that! I... I will make it so it never happened!
Nothing you can say can change what I've done.
I am Egypt! The morning and the evening star! If I say day is night, it will be written! And you will be what I say you are! I say you are innocent!
What you say does not matter. You don't understand. I can't stay here any longer...!
No! All I've ever known to be true is a lie! I'm not who you think I am.
What are you talking about?
Go ask the man I once called "Father." [walks away]
[with sad finality]
Goodbye, brother. [walks away]
[After Rameses and Moses have wrecked the statues]
Why do the gods torment me with such reckless, destructive, blasphemous sons?
Father, hear what I say...
Be still, Pharaoh speaks. I seek to build an empire, and your only goal is to amuse yourselves by tearing it down. Have I taught you nothing?
You mustn't be so hard on yourself, Your Majesty. You're an excellent teacher.
It's not you fault your sons learned nothing.
Well, they learned blasphemy.
Father, the fault was mine: I goaded Rameses on, and so I am responsible.
Responsible. And do you know the meaning of that word, Rameses?
And do you understand the task from which your birth has destined you? The ancient traditions: when I pass into the next world, then you will be the morning and the evening star.
One damaged temple does not destroy centuries of tradition.
But one weak link can break the chain of a mighty dynasty!
[The Queen relieves him]
You have my leave to go.
[The Queen stops him and he leaves, offended]
Father, you know it was really my fault. Must you be so hard on him?
Moses, you will never have to carry a burden like the crown I will pass to Rameses. He must not allow himself to be lead astray, not even by you, my son.
All he cares about is... is your approval. I know he will lift up to your expectations. He only needs the opportunity.
Maybe, maybe so. Go now, I shall see you both tonight.
O Overseers
[first lines] [chanting]
Mud... sand... water... straw. Faster! Mud... and lift... sand... and pull... water... and raise up! Straw... faster!
H Hebrews
[singing]
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder, with the salt of my sweat on my brow... Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry? Help us now, this dark hour... Deliver us, hear our call, deliver us, Lord of all! Remember us, here in the burning sand! Deliver us, there's a land you promised us! Deliver us to the promised land!
J Jethrodiadah
[he walks outside of the tent, then looking at a fire] [to Moses]
Psst! Sit with me!
Alright. [sits down with Tzipporah's sisters and picks up the fruit and is about to eats it]
A Ajolidoforah
[to Moses]
Psst! Not yet!
Oh, sorry. [puts the the fruit back into the bowl]
Jethro My children! Let us give thanks for this bountiful food, and let us also give thanks for the presence of this brave young man whom we honor here tonight.
Please, sir, I wish you wouldn't. I've done nothing in my life worth honoring. [Tzipporah is surprised by these words. So is Jethro]
Jethro First you rescue Tzipporah from Egypt, [pinches Tzipporah's cheek playfully] then you defend my younger daughters from brigands. [walks over and hugs Tzipporah's sisters] You think that is nothing? It seems you do not know what is worthy of honor. [singing] A single thread in a tapestry though its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose in a pattern of the grand design.
And the stone that that sits on the very top of the mountain's mighty face
Does it think it's more important than the stones that form the base?
So, how can you see what your life is worth or where your value lies?
You can never see through the eyes of man.
You must look at your life, look at your life through heaven's eyes.
C Crowd
[singing]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. La, la-la-la-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la. Lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-la.
J Jethrodiadah
Dance with me.
Jethro [grabs the children, then clapping to the dancing beat, then they all pull up a tent] [singing]
A lake of gold in the desert sand is less than a cool, fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy is greater than the richest king
If a man loses everything he knows, has he truly lost his worth,
Or is it the beginning of a new and brighter birth?
So how do you measure the worth of a man in wealth or strength or size?
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
The answer will come, the answer will come to him who tries.
To look at his life through heaven's eyes!
And that's why we share all we have with you, though there's little to be found.
When all you've got is nothing, there's a lot to go around.
No life can escape being blown out by the winds of change and chance.
And though you never know all the steps
Jethro [singing]
You must learn to join the dance. You must learn to join the dance!
C Crowd
[singing]
La-la-la, lee-lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai! Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai! Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai-lai! So how do you judge what a man is worth by what he builds or buys,
You can never see with your eyes on earth!
Look through heaven's eyes!
Look at your life! Look at your life!
Look at your life through heaven's eyes!
[Moses discovers, to his great dismay, that the pharaoh was responsible for the butchery of thousands of Hebrew children.]
The Hebrews grew too numerous. They might have risen against us.
[On the brink of tears]
Father, tell me you didn't do this.
Moses, sometimes, for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.
[Taking Moses tenderly into his arms]
Oh, my son...they were only slaves.
[Moses has fallen into Jethro's well]
What are you girls doing?
S Sister
We're trying to get the funny man out of the well!
Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well that's one I've never heard before. [she looks down the well] Oh! Oh, my! Don't worry down there! We'll get you out! Hold on! [she sees it is Moses] You! [she lets go of the rope, nods and saunters away]
S Sister
That's why papa says she'll never get married.
[they all wave with the camel walking by Moses and Tzipporah, by desert, buildings, then the men push, with the camel walking with Moses and Tzipporah, then laying on the ground, then grabbing the boy, then the men walk away, the guards walk inside, by the men, then they all lay down, then Rameses puts his hand up]
Rameses.
Where have you been? I took you for dead.
[they both laugh]
Look at you!
Well, look at you. What on earth are you dressed as?
Oh, Rameses, it's so good to see you.
Excuse me, Your Majesty. We are compelled to remind you this man committed a serious crime against the gods.
We are loathe to bring it up, mind you.
The law clearly states the punishment for such a crime...
Be still. Pharaoh speaks. I am the morning and the evening star.
It shall be as I say. I pardon forever all crimes of which he stands accused and will have it known that he is our brother Moses, the prince of Egypt.
Rameses, in my heart, you are my brother, but things cannot be as they were.
You know I am a Hebrew, and the God of the Hebrews came to me.
He commands that you let his people go.
[the crowd murmur]
Commands?
[raises his stick]
Behold, the power of God. [puts his stick down, then transforming into a snake]
Well, uh, impressive. Hmm. Very well, Moses. I'll play along. [chuckling] Hotep. Huy. Give this snake charmer our answer.
M Men
[We open on a yellow sky, swirling with clouds, then cut to thousands of Jewish slaves toiling in the mud and sand as overseers beat them with whips.] [singing]
Mud! Sand! Water! Straw! Faster! Mud and lift! Sand and pull! Water, and raise up! Straw!
M Men
[continues singing]
With the sting of the whip, on my shoulder!
M Men
[he whip cracks the man] [singing]
With the salt of my sweat on my brow!
Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry?
Help us now!
This dark hour! Deliver us!
Hear our call, deliver us!
Lord of all, remember us here in this burning sand!
Deliver us, there's a land you promised us!
Deliver us to the promised land!
Yocheved [the guards run] [singing]
Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach, al ti-ra veh al tif-cha-d.
My son, I have nothing I can give.
But this chance that you may live.
I pray we'll meet again. If he will deliver us.
M Men
[singing]
Deliver us, hear our prayer!
Deliver us from despair
These years of slavery grow too cruel to stand!
Deliver us, there's a land you promised us!
Deliver us out of bondage and
Deliver us to the promised land!
Yocheved [they all walk to a river, then Young Miriam puts the basket down, then opening a top] [singing]
Hush now, my baby, be still, love, don't cry.
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream.
Sleep and remember my last lullaby.
So I'll be with you when you dream. [kisses the baby, then closing the top, then she continues singing]
River, oh, river, flow gently for me.
Such precious cargo, you bear.
Do you know somewhere he can live free?
River, deliver him there.
[singing]
Brother, you're safe now and safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you.
Grow, baby brother, come back someday.
Come and deliver us, too.
[Queen Taya pets the baby]
Mommy!
QT Queen Taya
Come, Rameses. We will show Pharaoh your new baby brother, Moses.
M Men
[singing]
Deliver us send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us to the promised land!
Deliver us to the promised land!
Yocheved [singing]
Deliver us!
