This summary of scriptures relevant to the biblical statements of there being many gods will be followed by the actual quotations:
Exodus 7:1; 2nd Corinthians 4:1; Deuteronomy 32:36-39; Psalm 82:6-7; Psalm 86:8-10; Isaiah: 41:23-24, 29; Galatians 4:8; 1st Corinthians 8:5
The Hebrew word elohim is translated God, god, goddess, judge, great, mighty. Therefore, it is utterly inappropriate to read the word gods in the Bible and build a doctrine that makes humans little or lesser gods or that being, humans or demonic, described as gods are somehow ontologically—in origin, nature or essence—divine.
When Moses, judges, idols, false prophets and satan are said to be a god and when, for instance, Jesus is referred to as God the difference is that Moses, judges, idols, false prophets and satan, unlike Jesus, are never referred to as omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, creator, etc.
Christian Apologetics - Life and Doctrine: Trinity : The Many gods of the Bible
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