The pillar of fire that guides Moses and the Israelites to their freedom is none other than a manifestation of the pillar of flame that is described in the Hindu Lingam-Purana. The relevant ages of composition of the Old Testament and the published form of the Lingam Purana are irrelevant, since the later work is acknowledged to be about ancient events.  In the Hindu work Brahma and Vishnu are arguing which of them can truly be called creator of the universe, when a huge pillar of fire comes out of the ocean. They wish to see the dimension of the pillar. So Brahma in the form of a gander flies up to see the top and Vishnu in his boar form dives down to search out the bottom, but both are unsuccessful in finding the top or bottom, the limits, of the pillar of fire. Suddenly the pillar opens and Shiva is seen sitting comfortably within. He tells Brahma and Vishnu both that he, Shiva, is the creator of both of them and of the universe.

    Having established that Tsabaism was the religious milieu which gave birth to Judaism, and that Saba is one of the names of Shiva, we therefore arrive at the source of the name Sabaoth in the Jewish scriptures. The following definitions are from Strong's Hebrew Dictionary in his Exhaustive
Concordance.  Tsaba is described as a primitive root by Strong, signifying its use among the earliest Jews, and thereby reinforcing the conclusion of historians that Tsabaism was pervasive in the areas in which Judaism arose. The fact that the earliest Jews named their warriors after their God
demonstrates the devotion of the original Jews to Saba, Tsaba, or Shiva. Similarly, they named their nation after Kali, Shiva's consort (Kal Israel) and after Uma (Uma means nation in ancient Hebrew).

6633 tsaba, a primitive root, to mass (an army or servants):--assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.

6635 tsaba or tsevbaah, from 6633, a mass of persons, especially organized for war (an army), a campaign, army, battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war (fare) or tsabah, (feminine).
 

   And Shiva as the destroying Lord of Hosts is seen in the pillar of fire or cloud.

 "And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down upon the host of the Egyptians, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians, clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily; and the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from before Israel; for the Lord fights for them
against the Egyptians." Ex. 14: 24.

   In the next chapter of Exodus, Shiva is described shortly thereafter as Sabaoth, the God of war: "The Lord is a man of war..." Ex. 15: 3.

     The fact that Shiva of the Hindus and Moses of the Jews are both intimately connected with the imagery of the pillar of fire or pillar of cloud is not accidental.  As we shall see in another part of this study, Moses name is built on Mah (how great or mighty) and Osheah (Liberation).  Mosheh is a
contraction of Mah and Osheah meaning the great liberator, which is also the way Shiva is regarded. One of Shiva's names is Oseo, and Oseo is the root of numerous Old Testament names, such as Hosea, and Osee, and, Strong affirms, the Isa or Yesha names as well.

The LORD guided them by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. That way they could travel whether it was day or night. Ex 13:21

And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from their sight.  Ex: 13: 22

Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to a position behind them, and the pillar of cloud also moved around behind them.  Ex 14: 19

The cloud settled between the Israelite and Egyptian camps. As night came, the pillar of cloud turned into a pillar of fire, lighting the Israelite camp. But the cloud became darkness to the Egyptians, and they couldn't find the Israelites. Ex 14: 20

Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and called out his own name, "the LORD," as Moses stood there in his presence. Ex 34: 5

The Tabernacle was set up, and on that day the cloud covered it. Then from evening until morning the cloud over the Tabernacle appeared to be a pillar of fire. Nu 9: 15

Then the LORD descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle. "Aaron and Miriam!" he called, and they stepped forward. Nu 12: 5

And the LORD appeared to them in a pillar of cloud at the entrance to the sacred tent. De: 31: 15
 

                                                 SHIVA AS THE DESTROYER:

       In the Hindu trinity, Brahma is the Creator, Krishna the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer.

     When focussing on Shiva as the Destroyer, let us remember that Shua and Shiva in the Old Testament are sometimes used interchangeably. Historically we may explain it at least in part from the fact that in ancient Egypt Shu was the father of Seb, so that the Shu or Shua root and the Seb or Seba roots may be regarded as literally being of the same family, Seb being the son of the father deity Shu. Pillars were erected to Shu in Egypt just as pillars were erected to Seba or Saba.  Note the numerous Shiva root words and Shu words that relate to destruction.  Entrees number 7724 and 7723, besides signifying destruction also signify evil, which may seem contradictory until we remember that the meanings in the concordance are also a thumbnail history of Judaism, and that some parts of that history were contributed to by the enemies of the way of Shiva, who would be only to glad to caste shame or negativity on his name.  Nonetheless, the intent of this chapter, to show the association of the name of Shiva, or Saba, with destruction, is reinforced.

7738 shavah, to destroy

7724 sheva, from 7723, to destroy.

7722 show' , show'ah, and sho'ah, to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation; desolate, desolation, destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

7723 shav' or shav, from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), ruin.

Looking at the root shav as being from the same as 7722, therefore we can conclude that the word Shuites  in the Old Testament  is a variant of the Sabeans, or Sebaite, that is,  Shaivites (i.e., devotees of Shiva).

  The Theosophical Dictionary defines KSHA as loss, destruction of the world, and as the fourth incarnation of Vishnu, as the man-lion.

   Remembering than ch and sh are sometimes interchangeable, we can see that  the following words are related to the shab or shav root, which we have seen are connected with the Shaba or Saba and Shiva root, and that they also relate to destruction.

2254 chabal, khaw-bul, to wind tightly, to bind, to destroy

2255 chabal, to ruin, destroy, hurt.

7740 shavah means to destroy.

7582 Sha' ah means to rush, to desolate, be desolate, waste.

7584 Sha' avah means a tempest (as rushing); desolation.

7588 Sha' own, uproar, destruction.
 

         Abram/Abraham made his Home among the Sabeans of Haran for many years, not because they were opposed to his views, but because he shared their views and was comfortable in their presence, because originally Jews worshiped Sheba, and honored the seventh day as the day of their God Sheba or Saba.  So now that we have adequately witnessed how thoroughly pervaded the ancient Hebrew language was by Shiva and Hara roots meaning destruction, we will have a much greater sense of what Haran meant to Abraham and his wife Sarah, whom many scholars have either likened to or identified with Brahma and his mate Sarasvati.  Haran was a center for Sabeans, for Saivites, and had Abram/Abraham been repulsed by the Sabeans, he certainly would not have made his nest with the heathens. The point is, Abraham too was a Sabean, and a pillar is erected on the grave of his wife Sarah, just as pillars are erected by Saivites throughout the world.

   Following is a list of facts showing how influential the term Hara, meaning Shiva as the destroyer, was to the ancient Jews.

1. Hara is the root of the name of the ancient city of Harappa, home of devotees of Shiva.

2. Hara is root of Haran, the home of Abraham.

3. Hara is the root of Beth Haran, an ancient house of Israel.

4. Hara is the root of a number of ancient Hebrew words signifying destruction in one form or
another.

5.  Har is the root of a number of ancient Hebrew words meaning mountains or hilly, and mountains
were the preferred habitat of Shiva.

         Kaillaisa is the mountain known to have been frequented by Shiva. Kallai is part of the ancient Hebrew vocabulary, and refers to a mountain. Kallai is quite obviously a direct reference to Kali (spelled variously), Shiva's consort, and her name is joined with that of Shiva as Isa, in order to designate or memorialize the mountain on which they lived.

   The word Hara in ancient Hebrew means both mountain or hill and is also the root of words meaning destruction, coming from Hara, the name of Shiva as the destroyer. The fact that the name Kallai in the Hebrew Dictionary is so close to Kaillaisa, the mountains Shiva loved, and that Saba was an actual personage in the history of the Sabaeans both suggest that Canaan and Ethiopia themselves may have been places where Shiva lived. Haran, the home of Abraham, was a known center of Sabeans, that is, Saivites, as was the ancient city of Harappa in India, which was also a center of Shiva worship, as admitted even in the Time-Life series book on India.  Both of these cities
were named after Shiva as Hara the destroyer.

    Strong's Exhaustive Concordance shows that the House of Hara, or Shiva the Destroyer existed in the earliest days of Judaism. Entry number 1028 is  Beth Haran, which is described as a place east of the Jordan.

   Below are a number of Har and Hara words denoting mountains or hills, which is where Shiva liked to live.  The fact that Hara is a region in Midea, where Moses married Zipporah, a region that even early Christian Church fathers regarded as an extension of India, further reinforces the fact that in his
religious beliefs Moses as a Hindu, a Hodu who led the exit of the Hodus, the Ex-Hodus or Exodus.

2022 Har a mountain or range of hills.

From 2042 harrar, an unused root meaning to loom up, a mountain, hill.

2025 harel, mount of God.

2039 Haran from 2022, mountaineer, the name of two men. Haran.

2024 Hara is defined as mountainousness, and as a region in Media.
 

    Ancient Hebrew has a number of words having the har or hara root that mean destruction in one form or another.

2026 harag, to smite with deadly intent, destroy out of hand, kill, murder, put to death, slaughter, slay.

2034 Haricah, from 2040, something demolished, ruin.

My comment: Haricah appears to me the logical source of the English word hurricane, especially since Shiva himself is historically is connected with wind and storms.

2040 Harac to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy, beat down, ruin, thrown down utterly.
 

                                   Shiva has been called the Erotic Monk,
        Because he lived as a recluse in the mountains, but had children as well.

                                                  Hara and Asceticism

     In Sanskrit the Vihara is a place inhabited by Buddhist priests or ascetics, a Buddhist or Jaina temple or convent, a rock temple or cave. Here we can surmise a the connection with the rock dwellings of the Nabateans, who had some political clout just prior to and during the time of Jesus. Viharaswamin in Sanskrit designates the male or female superior of a convent or monastery.

   The strict teaching of the Nabateans stated that one should not till the earth because of the sacredness of the animal and plant life there. In other words, they believed that humans were to live in harmony with creation, and not, as "demon cults" believe, that the earth and its creatures are to be subdued and had dominion over, as stated in Genesis 1: 26-28, verses which were in all likelihood inserted into the chapter in an attempt to soften or modify the strict vegetarian covenant that followed, stating not only that all humans, but all creatures, were to eat vegetation.

   The Nabi root of the word Nabateam relates to prophecy, and once again, we see the connection between purity and prophecy, seen in Daniel, Ezra, and in the habit of fasting in the wilderness, common to Moses, Isaiah and the other late prophets, Jesus, Muhammad, and to the Rechabites. The Nab root also exists in a word meaning fruit.  This suggests that the innocence involved in the eating of fruit, a diet which does not consist in the death of the tree that bore the fruit, was considered one of the ways of allowing prophetic vision to enter one's self.  Here, along with the renunciate tradition
associated with Shiva, and the Nabateans, we have the Jewish Rechabites, who built no dwellings, did not cultivate the earth, and drank no wine. Beth Rechabowth was one of the early houses of Israel and meant house of streets, suggesting that Judaism, like Hinduism and Buddhism had
numerous renunciates living in the wilderness and connected with each other by the trails they called streets.

  Variations of Har contain notions of deity or creation which suggest the the matriarchal divine woman was more a part of the divine equation in early history of Judaism which was, of course, twisted by the orthodox patriarchy.
 

2029 Harah to be or become pregnant, conceive.

2030 Hareh or Hariy, from 2029; pregnant; be a woman with child.

The term Hariy as Hari is used  in chants of Hari Krishna, Hari Rama, Hari Bo.

    The term Hari has a long and involved history connected with the divinities of Hinduis, such as Vishnu and Indra, and that the Remover and Fiery aspects of Vishnu and Indra also connect with the deity Shiva. Hari is born of Sambhuti, and regarded as the destroyer and flame of time, and the seven
rays of the sun, aspects connected with Shiva as the Destroyer and the source of tongues of flame.  Haris may refer to a class of gods or to one of the seven rays of the sun, and the number seven is intimately connected with Shiva as Lord of yoga and the seven worlds.