David, I'm sorry but you couldn't be more wrong. Before you state something so bogus, I would do your research. YHWH/YHVH, is the true name of God in Hebrew. Also what is a pagan jewish tribe?
LOL, please research the Ancient Jewish tribes and the development of Ancient Judaism before you call me ignorant.
The various Tribes had their own deities. A lot were pagans.
Why do you think there is so much teaching against this stuff in the Old Testament.
It's because the Jewish Tribes were Pagan Polytheists. A lot of them even followed Egyptian Gods etc, especially when they were slaves. Moses was brought up as an Egyptian pagan.
The whole thing wasn't unified until much later. It's all there in the bible.
God even chose to have one of the commandments address a problem that he saw.
Why even mention 'other Gods before me' if people weren't doing that? It's because the Jews just didn't become the Jews from a bolt of lightening out of the sky.