In Deuteronomy 32:17 demons who reign over foreign nations are called elohim. This can be understood against the background of Deuteronomy 32 and Psalm 82. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Deut-32.17a-Demonic-Elohim.pdf

A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In Deuteronomy 27-33, the final words of Moses, the emphasis is on obedience (Deut 30:11-20).

A chiasm is a literary structure where the words or themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In Deuteronomy 14:11-20 the emphasis is on defining the unclean birds which were not to