The Ten Commandments Movie?

Question

In the movie the Ten Commandments, with Charlton Heston, there were several inaccuracies. Can you name some of the teachings/suggestions put forth in the movie which actually contradict the written record of the Bible? Your supplying scriptures with your responses is appreciated.

Answer 1

Well, the most glaring inaccuracy had to do the God's name. At Ex. 9:16, Jehovah told Pharoah thru Moses: "But, in fact, for this cause I have kept you in existence, for the sake of showing you my power and in order to have my name declared in all the earth." But in the movie, Jehovah was referred to as "the God of no name." How insulting to God's great Name!

Out of fear of being caught for killing an Egyptian who was giving a Hebrew a hard time, Moses fled Egypt. (Ex. 2:15) In the movie, Pharoah gave Moses a ride on his chariot to the edge of the desert and said, "Go."

Psalm 136:1-15 shows that Pharaoh perished at the Red Sea. There we read of the giving of thanks by the people ‘to the One striking down Egypt in their firstborn ones, and the One bringing Israel out of the midst of them by a strong hand and by an arm stretched out, to the One severing the Red Sea into parts, and who caused Israel to pass through the middle of it, and who shook off Pharaoh and his military force into the Red Sea.’ In the movie, Pharoah survived the destruction of his army, and went back to Egypt.

The Bible, at Acts 7:23-30, shows that Moses fled Egypt when he was forty years old and was eighty when he returned from Midian. But the movie shows no such passage of time, keeping all the characters involved in love episodes wonderfully youthful, although Moses was allowed to age miraculously all at once, at the burning bush.

The Bible shows that Moses’ enemies in Egypt were dead when he returned, but the movie has his worst enemy sitting on the throne as Pharaoh.—Ex. 4:19.

The Bible tells of God’s determination to bring the tenth plague, the death of the Egyptian first-born. But in the movie this death of the first-born is Pharaoh’s idea, he intending to do this to the Israelites, and only then does God turn the tables on him by doing it to the Egyptian first-born.—Ex. 11:1-5.

Answer 2

The Tenth Commandment Movie

Answer 3

The most glaring inaccuracy that remained in my mind was when Jehovah was speaking to Moses via the burning bush and said the famous quote: "I AM". I specifically remember this because I spend a lot of spare time researching the fallacies of the Trinity. Trinitarians attempt to match this so-called 'same' usage of Ex. 3:14 to John 8:58 to try and show that Jesus is God.

However, actual research will show that ehyeh (a form of the verb "to be" or hayah in OT manuscripts), the word translated as "I Am" at Ex. 3:14, is in reality, intended as "I Will Be" not "I Am".

Even the TRINITARIAN Today's Dictionary of the Bible, 1982, Bethany House, pp. 330-331, admits of Ex. 3:14 -
"It has been rendered, `I WILL BE that I WILL BE' as an indication of God's sovereignty and immutability" and "the translation ... that probably comes closest to the intention of God at this point is, `I will be there'."

So Jehovah did not say that his name was 'I Am' at Ex. 3:14. He didn't even say that the meaning of his name (which is what he was actually explaining) was 'I Am' but, instead 'I Will Be'. Therefore, Jesus' saying "I am" at John 8:58 was also obviously not used as a name (as context shows). But even if it were being so used, it would still not be God's name.

Answer 4

Well, I know I saw it, in fact my name was set because my mother liked the way the noun sounds in english, but right now I can´t remember all details but I know for example that Moses wasn´t involved in any relationship with the girl that later become wife of Pharaon , I don´t have bible verse cause is not in the bible.

Also the Pharaon wasn´t brother or half brother of Moses at least the bible don´t say it.

Answer 5

The Bible says And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. (Exodus 33:11) You certainly don't get an image of God in a physical body from the way the movie portrays Him

Answer 6

I remember watching that movie a long time ago, but don't remember any of it. I do know however that I kept tsk-ing throughout the whole movie from all the inaccuracies it contained.

Answer 7

The Movie was filmed one year before I was born, and no doubt Cecil B. DeMille used "Hollywood License" to change whatever he pleased to, after all it was his movie...
Not unlike the way the Bible has been changed over the years to suit a King or whoever....
Blessed Be... )O(

Answer 8

thank you! extremely informative and it offers me better knowledge on this topic