How then are there multiple elohim?
The elohim are identified as the Bene Elyon or sons of the Most High. This fact has been commented on by many scholars. Sabourin SJ, The Psalms Their Origin and Meaning Alba House, NY, pp. 72-74 notes these applications and acknowledges that the existence of the elohim as a council has been part of the fabric of Jewish religion for millennia. It is not a new concept. What is new is the assertion that the term elohim is confined to two beings. That assertion is made by non-Hebrews who are either Trinitarian or their Binitarian preliminaries. This understanding is carried to its fuller explanation in Revelation 4:1 to 5:14. The Council of the elders are the inner council of the Host. The priesthood of the temple reflected the High Priest, who is Christ (Heb. 8:1-2), and the twenty-four elders around the throne of God who monitor the prayers of the saints (Rev. 5:8). The elohim are thus multiple. There were some thirty in the inner council and the Holy ones or qadosim or the angelic saint
