Did anyone watch The Ten Commandments the other night - have questions

[always quiet]

I watched the new Ten Commandments the other night. Now, as someone who went to Catholic school for 12 years, it seems odd to me to have questions about this. I can't quite figure out how some of the events in the movie just were totally new to me....heck, one year in high school was spent studying the bible and I do not remember some of this!! (and I aced the class!).

For instance, I had never heard of a close advisor to Moses having relations with a married woman, him killing the man...then they were found out and stoned to death. Moses even cast the first stone!

Also, Moses got 2 copies of the commandments??? What's up with that??

Does anyone know what this movie was based on?? As I said, these are stories I had never heard of in the bible.

Thanks for clearing this mystery up for me!!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

I tried watching this. Just couldn't get into this new version. I'm hoping the original movie will play on Easter night as always.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

Also, Moses got 2 copies of the commandments??? What's up with that??

What I learned in Christian school is that Moses came off the mountain with the first set of commandments and saw the wickedness that was going on, got angry and broke the commandments. He had to go back up the mountain to get another set.

 

[Dan Murfman]

In the movie "History of the World Part One" (still waiting for Part 2) it said there was actually 15 Commandments but Moses dropped the tablet that had Commandments 11-15.

 

[Pam]

What I learned in Christian school is that Moses came off the mountain with the first set of commandments and saw the wickedness that was going on, got angry and broke the commandments. He had to go back up the mountain to get another set.

That is what I was taught growing up in Church (Church of God). The story is also that way in the Old Testament of my King James Version Bible.

I don't know anything about Moses' supposed advisor and the stoning.

I do know that when Moses was the adopted son the the Eqyptian Princess he saw an Eyyptian beating one of the Israel prisoners (his true kinfolk) and became enraged and he [Moses] slew the Egyptian and realized that he couldn't hide forever from his true heritage and birthright.

 

[golfgal]

In the movie "History of the World Part One" (still waiting for Part 2) it said there was actually 15 Commandments but Moses dropped the tablet that had Commandments 11-15.

 

[georgina]

I watched the new Ten Commandments the other night. Now, as someone who went to Catholic school for 12 years, it seems odd to me to have questions about this. I can't quite figure out how some of the events in the movie just were totally new to me....heck, one year in high school was spent studying the bible and I do not remember some of this!! (and I aced the class!).

For instance, I had never heard of a close advisor to Moses having relations with a married woman, him killing the man...then they were found out and stoned to death. Moses even cast the first stone!

Also, Moses got 2 copies of the commandments??? What's up with that??

Does anyone know what this movie was based on?? As I said, these are stories I had never heard of in the bible.

Thanks for clearing this mystery up for me!!

One of the complaints I hear often about us Caholics is that we don't know the Bible. You are reinforcing that stereotype. (I don't know how to put in smilies or I would here, I am teasing though.) It does say in Exodus chapter 34 that Moses had to go back up to get a second set on commandments.

I didn't watch the show, so don't know the particulars of the stoning incident, but when Moses came down with the first set of commandments and the people were misbehaving, he told the "good" people to kill their kinsmen who were sinning.

 

[pozey]

"And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables." (Exodus 32:15-16 RSV)

"And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain." (Exodus 32:19 RSV)

"The Lord said to Moses, "Cut two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which you broke ... So Moses cut two tables of stone like the first; and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as The Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone." (Exodus 34:1,4 RSV)


In the original movie Ten Commandments, they show Moses breaking throwing the tablets of stone. But I don't think they mention anything about going back for the 2nd set.

 

[joshsmom]

I didn't watch the new one--I just felt I would be betraying the original!! I hope they do show the original sometime this weekend though. I remember when I was young, that whole "angel of death" and first born thing scared the CRAP out of me!! I'm the oldest in my family and I just KNEW when I went to sleep, the mist was going to come and get me!

 

[hiwaygal]

DH and I love the original version so I wondered how this new version would measure up.

I actually thought it did a good job. Dougray Scott as Moses seemed so humble (like he knew if he tried to be the BIG STAR it would never measure up to Charleton Heston).

I think this movie showed some things the other didn't (like the manna from Heaven, and Moses getting water from the stone).

The original will always be the better movie (heck, with a budget like that, how could it not)...but I would buy this version on DVD if I could.

 

[mskani]

The original will run on Saturday night on ABC. The new one was very graphic--showed people killing children. Very bloody.

 

[Buckalew11]

I tivoed the new one and haven't watched yet. Sounds like it will be good though.

 

[donnajon]

I watched the second part of the new one and didn't like most of it. I think they showed a lot of sex and violence to sell the movie - I'm sure that this stuff happened but it didn't need to be so bloody. I thought it was hard to follow as well and I am very familiar with it. I didn't like that Moses went up the mountain and came back down with the 10 Commandments but it was never mentioned that that was what they were. I did like at the end when they Moses was saying the 10 Commandments (too rapidly in my opinion) they flashed scenes where some of the commandments were being broken. But I was not comfortable watching this movie with my kids. We will be watching the classic on Saturday.

 

[always quiet]

I forgot something else that I never knew happened.....after Moses came down and they were all partying....that part I remember BUT when part of the tribe broke away and didn't want to follow him anymore, they began to battle and Moses instructed after it was all over to kill the traitors because that is what God wants. Then they showed everyone getting stabbed!

I won't be watching this version again.