Dathan

Dathan is the true main antagonist in the 2007 computer-animated film, The Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments
Dathan first appears as one of Ramses's spies. He tells Moses to apologize to him and that he was wrong. Aaron gets mad at Dathan and walks away.

Later in the movie, he tells Moses he led the Hebrews into the wilderness to die, and he can't fight the pharaoh. King Ramses's army comes right into the scene. After crossing the Red Sea, he tells Moses again that the Egyptians are going to kill the Isrealites. A few minutes after that, he then complains that he hasn't had any water and that he's dying. Moses strikes a rock with a staff. Water comes out, and Dathan gets soaked.

Later on, Dathan tells the Isrealites to tell what they had not eaten in the wilderness. One of his followers answers meat. A women answers fish, cucumbers, & melons.

Dathan follows Moses to Mt. Sinai, the place where God first appeared to Moses. After Moses climbs up the mountain, Dathan says that Moses is dead. He then tells Aaron to make a god. Aaron says he can't. Then, he reveals his true, sneaky nature. Again, he tells Aaron to "make us a god, or die on that mountain with your brother! Or die down here with your sister." From this point, Dathan is revealed to be wicked & evil. He tells all of the Isrealites to "break off the golden rings from your wives & your daughters! Bring them to Aaron! Get all that Egyptain gold, yeah, and get the silver too! Their jewelry! That way, Aaron will make us a real god! The Golden Calf! Who needs Moses!?! Come on, bring us the jewelry, all of it!" Aaron makes the Golden Calf. But he also asks God for his forgiveness.

The next day, Aaron shows the Golden Calf to everyone. Dathan is happy there is a new "god." Almost all Hebrews show praise to the Golden Calf. Moses comes down the mountain. Dathan still says that he dosen't need Moses. Aaron is happy Moses came back. Moses says to the Isrealites that the LORD brought them out of slavery, led them across the desert, & pardoned the Red Sea. Moses says that God gave the Ten Commandments to them. Every Hebrew who follows the LORD comes toward Moses. Dathan says that the Ten Commandments are Moses's laws and wants to be like King Ramses II. Moses breaks the tablets. The cracks come into the earth, and fire comes out. Several Hebrews not on God's side fall into the fire. Dathan runs to the Golden Calf, and hops onto it. They fall into the earth, but are smashed by the 1st layer of the earth: the crust.

Trivia

 * Dathan wanted the Golden Calf.
 * Ramses II is thought to be the villain at first, since he only wanted to kill Moses, but Dathan is the real villain because he wanted Aaron to die on Mount Sinai with Moses or in the desert with his sister, if he dosen't build the Golden Calf for him.