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The word for gods also stands for judges as God is the Judge.
The same judges were called โelohimโ in Exodus 21:6:
โBut if the slave plainly says, โI love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,โ then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost.โ
In the KJV, NKJV, CSB, GNV, NET, ISV, NIV, MEV it translates to โjudgesโ because these verses refer to human judges acting in Godโs place. Yet God saw it fit to call these newly elected judges โelohimโ because of their role among the people. Exodus 22:8, 9, and 28 are the other examples where โelohimโ is referring to these human judges elected as Godโs representative.
โFor every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, โThis is it,โ the case of both parties shall come before God (judges). The one whom God (judges) condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.โ