Todd:  Michael Heiser writes,

Even the fact that elohim in Exodus 22:8 agrees with a plural predicator does not force us to interpret haelohim in that verse as referring to a group.  The noun elohim plus plural predication occurs in one of nine instances of which I am aware in the Hebrew Bible [8].  For now, it should be noted that only one of them might indicate divine beings, but that is shaky at best and would only serve to argue in my favor here [9] (229).

Footnote #8 – “These passages are Genesis 20:13; 35:7; Exodus 22:8; I Samuel 28:13; 2 Samuel 7:23; I Kings 19:2; 20:10; Psalm 58:12.”

Footnote #9 – “I speak here of Genesis 35:7.  A case for plurality can be coherently argued, but it would require an exceptional instance where haelohim refers to multiple divine beings for Israel.  Elsewhere haelohim is found in contexts where foreign gods are the referent, but this would be the lone occasion for the council gods of Israel.”

What do you think of this?  Would you affirm this?

This is fascinating.