Moses In The Land Of Midian- The Ten Commandments 1956

Strength to you, stranger. I am Moses, son of Amram and Yoshabed. Health, prosperity, life to you, Jethro and Nidhi. Zephra has told me of your kindness. Let us break bread while my daughter brings meat. We've come far. From Egypt? Across the desert? On foot? He who has no name surely guided you steps. No name. You Bedouins know the God of Abraham? Abraham is the father of many nations. We are the children of Ishmael, his firstborn. We are the obedient of God. My people look to him for deliverance. But they are still in bondage. Tomorrow we leave for the high pastures beneath God's holy mountain. My tent would be favored if you joined us. I am a stranger in a strange land. I have no wealth, no skill as a shepherd. And it is death that gives sanctuary to a runaway slave. Not among our people. You have wisdom, you need nothing more. And there are seven here to teach you the tasks of a shepherd. Zephra is the eldest. You can learn best from her. I will dwell in this land. The day he sleeps. Who sleeps? He who has no name. Did your God live on this mountain? Sinai is his high place, his temple. If this God is God, he would live on every mountain, in every valley. He would not be only the God of Israel or Ishmael alone, but of all men. It is said he created all men in his image. He would dwell in every heart, in every mind, in every soul. I do not know about such things. But I do know that the mountain rumbles when God is there. And the earth trembles. And a cloud is red with fire. At such a time, has any man ever gone to see him face to face? No man has ever set foot on the forbidden slopes of Sinai. Why do you want to see him, Moses? To know that he is. If he is, to know why he has not heard the cries of slaves in bondage. Moses, it would be death to look upon his face. How many of my people have died because he has turned away his face? Can a man judge God? No, Moses. We cannot see his whole purpose. Even Ishmael did not know that God drove him into the desert to be the father of the nation. Is it not enough to know that he has saved you from the Pharaoh's anger? How do you know that? You walk like a prince. And you fight like a warrior. And there is word in the caravans of a great one who was driven out of Egypt. This is not the scepter of a prince, but the staff of a wanderer. Then rest from wandering. My father has many flocks. No son to tend them. There would be peace of spirit for you, Moses, in our tents, beneath the holy mountain. You have strong faith in this God-scepter. But for me, there is no peace of spirit until I hear the word of God from God himself.