beginning אֲדוֹנִַי created heaven and earth” but makes use of a term in the plural number, אֱלֹהִים, a name which Moses and others use to designate the angels as well as judges and magistrates, as in Ps. 82:6: “I have said, ‘You are gods.’ ” Here, however, it is certain that it designates the one true God, by whom all things were created. Why, then, does he make use of the plural number? The Jews apply their sophistry to Moses in various ways, but to us it is plain that he wants to hint at the Trinity