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A:The Midianite storm god was indeed called YHW, and the early Hebrew storm God was YHWH ('Yahweh'). Some scholars believe that the Midianite god was taken into Judah and eventually Israel, to become their national God. He is also connected with Seir, Paran, Edom, Teman, and the Sinai in ancient texts.

So there is a strong view that the concept of Yahweh did come from the Midianites. However, there is also a consensus among scholars that the Exodus from Egypt never happened as described in The Bible, and if there was no Exodus, there was no Moses. So it was not Moses who brough YHWH from Midian to Israel, although there are frequent biblical references to Moses and God in the region of the Midianites. One hypothesis is that, although the Hebrew people did not really escape from Egypt, a small group of Hebrew slaves might well have done so; found by the Midianites dying in the desert, they were nursed back to life and gave thanks to the Midianite god who saved them. On this hypothesis, this small group of former slaves continued on northwards to Judah, where they described their salvation as brought about because of the Midianite god, YHW.

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