<P> Egypt is visited by plagues . Moses turns the river Nile to blood at a festival of Khnum and brings burning hail down upon Pharaoh's palace . Moses warns him the next plague to fall upon Egypt will be summoned by Pharaoh himself . Enraged at the plagues, Rameses orders all first - born Hebrews to die . Instead, a cloud of death kills all the firstborn of Egypt, including the child of Rameses and Nefretiri . Angrily, Pharaoh exiles the Hebrews, which begins the Exodus from Egypt . </P> <P> Rameses takes his army and pursues the Hebrews to the Red Sea . Moses uses God's help to stop the Egyptians with a pillar of fire . Moses parts the Red Sea and the Hebrews struggle toward the other side . Moses releases the walls of water, drowning the Egyptian army . Rameses returns empty - handed to Nefretiri, telling her, "His god is God". </P> <P> Moses again ascends the mountain with Joshua . Impatiently, Dathan urges the Hebrews to construct a golden calf idol as a gift for Rameses . A wild and decadent orgy is held by most of the Hebrews . </P> <P> Moses sees the Ten Commandments created by God in two stone tablets . Moses descends from the mountain to the sight of decadence . He throws the tablets at the golden calf, which explodes, killing the wicked revelers . </P>

Who played the pharaoh in the ten commandments