Just thought you might like to know that Elohim is plural.
Not a plural as in many. True, Hebrew words ending in IM usually mean plural but this is not a case where Gods equals multiple Gods. Elohim is a
word that indicates a proper name (the God of Isreal) and plural personality. Part of the big problem with people who pick at the Bible is that they
pull out one-liners without the ability and education needed to thoroughly examine at the entire book as a whole. We know Elohim is not plural gods
because it can be examined all the way through the Old Testament of the Bible.”
Here are a few examples:
“And God (Elohim) said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God (El) that appeared unto thee when thou
fledest from the face of Esau thy brother.” Genesis 35:1
No one contends that the God who instructed Jacob to build an altar was authorizing Jacob to build it to an entirely different God. And yet, without
hesitancy, both El and Elohiym are employed in the verse. Elohim is used it represents the proper name and plural personality.
The writer of the Old Testaments did not believe in multiple gods. We know this because he tells us time after time.
“Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.” DT. 4:35
The Old Testament writer was also fully aware of the multiple personalities of God. We know this because he tells us through TWO LINES (the second is
usually left out).
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the
heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. And God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:26-27
Some people might suppose that these plural pronouns indicate more than one god or that God is somehow more than one, but the grammar of the passages
indicates otherwise.
In Genesis 1:26, ELOHIM (plural) said (third masculine singular), "Let us make (first person common plural) man (noun masculine singular) in our
image ("image" is a masculine singular noun with a first person common plural suffix), after our likeness ("likeness" is a feminine singular noun
with a first person common plural suffix)."
When ELOHIM refers to the one true God, singular verbs and pronouns are used. When the one true God reaches out to include others in His activities,
plural verbs and pronouns are used. These do not indicate any plurality of gods or that the true God is more than one. "When [ELOHIM] refers to
the God of Israel it is always singular in concept, even though it has a masculine plural ending.
As Jewish people will tell you it would not be uncommon for God to say “WE” when referring to the creation because throughout the Bible we are told
that the angels were present at creation, rejoicing in the works of God. “When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for
joy” Job. 38:7
