Despite the theological consensus that the narrative and legal texts of the Book of Exodus deify chosen individuals, this paper demystifies their supposed deification. Discoveries in biblical theology, the ancient Near East, and the history of biblical interpretation warrant serious theological reconsideration of the divine status ascribed to humans in Exodus. This paper presents a nuanced reinterpretation of several interconnected theologically loaded passages that use ʾĕlōhîm (Exod 4:16, 7:1, 21:6, 13 [cf. Deut 15:12-18], 22:8-9, 28) against the backdrop of the early monolatry reflected in Exodus (Exod 20:3) and the theological polemic against the Egyptian pantheon (Exod 12:12). The paper offers an alternative interpretation to the widely held of ʾĕlōhîm as referring to the ancient Israelite judges. The paper concurs with Stephen Dempster’s view of the symbiotic relationship between the God of Israel and the chosen community: “Coinciding with a declaration of the identity of God to the Israelites is a declaration of the identity of Israel. They are Yahweh’s special people, to whom he is committed to help and save” (Stephen G. Dempster, “Exodus and Biblical Theology: On Moving into the Neighborhood with a New Name,” SBJT 12 (2008): 11). Ultimately, this paper argues that Exodus employs ʾĕlōhîm as a theological mechanism to both express divine impartation of prophetic authority and align the ancient Israelite community with the imminent involvement of YHWH as the God of Israel in the daily affairs of the community of faith. This evolving landscape has profound implications for the theology of Exodus, uncovering previously overlooked issues and thereby resulting in a paradigm shift in the theological framework of Exodus. This study illustrates that passages that may seem peripheral to the modern scholar are integral to the theological arc of the biblical narrative.