His tortured mind wondering if they call the memory of past triumphs, or wail foreboding of disasters yet to come, or whether the desert's hot breath has melted his reason into madness.
18 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:45:30.999 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- He is driven forward, always forward, by a god unknown toward a land unseen.
- Each night brings the black embrace of loneliness.
- In the mocking whisper of the wind he hears the echoing voices of the dark.
(voices echoing on wind) Moses! Moses! Moses! Moses! Moses!
- He cannot cool the burning kiss of thirst upon his lips, nor shade the scorching fury of the sun.
- He can neither bless nor curse the power that moves him, for he does not know from where it comes.
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