The idea of more than one Elohim is not new. It is addressed in Psalm 82, a Psalm of Asaph: 1 God stands in the council of the gods; he judges among the gods. 2 How long will you judge unjustly, and show preference to the wicked? Selah. 3 Judge the poor and the orphans; do righteousness to the afflicted and dispossessed. 4 Deliver the poor and oppressed; save them from the hand of the evil. 5 They do not know and they have no understanding; they walk about in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I said, “You are gods, and children of Elyon, every one of you.” 7 But you
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