| Overview: | Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) is MOSES in this awe-inspiring tale of an ordinary man called upon by God to become a great leader. Moses is awe-struck when God, in the form of a burning bush, calls him to guide the Israelites out of bondage. The reluctant leader and his flock begin the treacherous journey to the Promised Land. However, Pharaoh intends to stop the exodus and with his brutal army traps the Israelites by the banks of the Red Sea. Yet these Israelites are God's chosen people, and the waters part, allowing their safe passage. Moses continues the chronicle of the pilgrimage to Canaan, through the life of this amazing leader and the many miracles God bestowed. MOSES is the fourth in a collectible series of Turner Original films based on Old Testament stories. These breathtaking videos also include ABRAHAM, JACOB and the Emmy award-winning JOSEPH.
Moses's mother abandoned him as an infant, hoping to spare him from the Pharaoh's decree that all first-born sons of the Jews be slain. Ironically, it was the Pharaoh's daughter who discovered the child and took him to the palace, where he lived safely until adulthood. Chosen by God as his messenger, it fell to the sometimes-reluctant Moses to deliver the Lord's word to his people. Ultimately, Moses led Israelites on their exodus from slavery, through the parted waters of the Red Sea to the land of Israel, and received the Ten Commandments from God. Yet Moses himself often had to struggle to make his own people believe in the miraculous power of the Lord.
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