It is not by the sword that he will deliver his people, but by the staff of a shepherd.

— Moses (Charlton Heston)

charlton hestonleadershipmosesstrategyswords

7 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:15:18.368 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Did he ask something of you?

- That I go to Egypt.

- You are God's messenger! He has set the day of deliverance. I will get water and bread that we may leave at once.

- But Egypt holds death for you.

- If it be his will.

- Where he sends you, I shall go. Your God is my God.

- I will lead men against the armory at Migdol and get swords for the people!

- It is not by the sword that he will deliver his people, but by the staff of a shepherd.

- And the Lord said unto Moses, Go. Return into Egypt. And Moses took his wife and his son, and he returned to the land of Egypt.

- And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

- Let the ambassador from Priam, king of Troy, approach the Pharaoh.

- Great Pharaoh, the gift of Troy is a fabulous fabric from the land of the five rivers.

- Our thanks to Priam. It is fabulous indeed.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

A city is built of brick, Pharaoh. The strong make many. The starving make few. The dead make none.
Better to die in battle with a god, than live in shame.
Water, noble one? -No, wine... the wine of beauty.
Did he speak? -He revealed his word to my mind. And the word was God.
By myself, I am nothing. It is the power of God which uses me to work his will.

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy