Tradesecret Wrote; Yes [ Grigore]I agree with that understanding. Good to see others have a brain as well.
But this BIBLICAL below verse clearly contradicts what Grigore only thinks one of those verses means and he hasn't made clear at all to which he is referring.
"Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people" (Ex. 22:10)
How someone "understands" something doesn't make it true and doesn't make it fact. And I see you still have ignored the questions. What is the matter with you?
When Elyon divided the nations,when he separated the sons of Adam, he established the borders of the nationsaccording to the number of the sons ofthe gods.
Yahweh’s portion was his people, [Israel]his allotted inheritance. (Deut. 32:8–9)
The god of the Hebrews Confessed that he was jealous of other gods. If there were no other gods what had he to be jealous of?
Moses was told strictly not to make images of other gods or to worship any other gods or images, if there are no other gods how could anyone make an image of other gods?
and
How could anyone possible worship any other gods if there wasn't any other gods?
Here is just a few of the references to other gods that I quickly scrambled together from for those reading here, and that both the people and your particular god acknowledged and recognised. There are many more but I think I have proved my point and you have failed again.
And God said, Let
US make man in our image, after
OUR likeness:
Genesis 1:26“ let
US go down and confuse their language sothey will not understand each other.”
Genesis 11:7 “You shall have no other
gods before me”
.Exodus.20:3 Ye shall not go after
other gods, of t
he gods ofthe people which are round about you;
Deuteronomy 6:14-16 God standeth in the
congregation of the mighty; he judgeth
among the gods..... Psalm 82
I have said,
Ye are gods; and all of you are children ofthe most High."T
heLord is a great God, and a great King aboveall gods" . Ps.95:3. For the Lord is agreat God, and a great King above
all gods.
Psalm 95:3 Psalm 135:5For I know that the Lord isgreat, and that our Lord is above all gods.
The jewish list of commandments simply says:
“You shall not recognize the gods of others in My presence".(Sh’mot 20:1-5). "Woe Unto us! who shall deliverus out of the hand of
these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all theplagues in the wilderness"
(1 Sam. 4:8). Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged to Danielthat "your
God is a God of gods, and a
Lord of kings,..."
(Dan. 2:47). Hespoke of Daniel as one "inwhom is the
spirit of the holy gods" andtold Daniel "I know that
the spirit of the holy gods isin thee"(
Dan. 4:8-9, 18) Hisqueen also spoke of Daniel as one"in whom is
the spirit of the holy gods"and said that he had "wisdom like
the wisdom of the gods"
(Dan. 5:11).
"Thou
shaltnot revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thypeople"
(Ex. 22:10)
Joshuaexclaimed, "The
LORD Godof gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, "
(Josh. 22:22;see 22:5) "Thehouse which I build is great: for great is our God above
all gods"
(2 Chron. 2:5).When Elyon divided the nations, when he separated the sons ofAdam,he established the borders of the nationsaccording to the number of the sons of the gods.Yahweh’s portion was his people, [Israel]his allotted inheritance. (Deut. 32:8–9)
Do not follow other
gods, the gods of the peoples around you
(Deut. 6:14)But you must not turn away from all the commandments I amgiving you today, to either the right or left, nor
pursue other gods and worship them
(Deut. 28:14–15). When Mosesand the children of Israel sang praises to the LORD they sang, "Who islike unto thee, 0 LORD,
amongthe gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness fearful inpraises, doing wonders?"
(Ex. 15:11).
Moses also spoke' of, "The LORDyour God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great god, a mighty, . . ." (Deut. 10:17).
Mostinteresting it that in the Greek speaking world of St Paul & Baranbas, it was believedZeus/Jupiter and Mercurius/ mercury had come to them as Paul andBarnabas;
12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because hewas the chief speaker.
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, broughtoxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with thepeople. Acts 14:12-13