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Key points about the Elohim in the Bible:
El Elyon is the supreme and highest authority who apportions domains (Deut 32:8-9: Elyon assigns peoples to the "sons of Elohim" or divine council; YHWH receives Jacob/Israel).
Elohim is plural; a group or council of physical, hierarchical, powerful beings (not one transcendent God).
YHWH is one specific Elohim among many, a territorial ruler/manager for Israel—not originally merged with Elyon or El Shaddai.
El Shaddai is another distinct Elohim (regional, violent, fertility-linked), known to the patriarchs, but later texts (e.g. Ex 6:2-3) retroactively harmonise YHWH with him through priestly redaction.
This reflects a polytheistic/hierarchical structure among advanced beings, later theologised into monotheism.
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