Thou shalt worship no other gods before me

@ChipmunkErnie A common interpretation is that by "other gods" it just means things you elevate higher than yourself. So worshiping a tree would be having that tree as a god.
But before Judaism was a thing, the ancient Israelites actually did believe in many gods. They just believed that Yahweh was their tribal god. The other tribes had their own gods. After Christianity, when Judaism and Jewish identity developed, the rabbis made it clear that there is only one actual god.

@ChipmunkErnie Yes, Ernie, you're aright about being suspicious. Of course, reading the text nowadays we don't think that the people of Judea or Israel would know other gods then. But then there's the second of God's covenants with man too. Jesus, both the Son of Man and the Son of God 🙂

God has never told people to worship other gods. He told them very clearly NOT to worship idols that they had made into their own gods. We worship God because He is worthy.Our worship ascribes worth to Him because of who He is and what He does/did for us.

Psalm 86 12: - I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore. For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

@LadyGrace Just my thought but I never could understand why people believe that Jesus is God. It speaks of him as 'the word' and 'a god' but not Almighty God and he himself said he was returning to the father (how could he return to himself?) and to sit down at the right hand side of God.I think a lot of scripture is taken out of context this way. A voice came down from heaven saying 'this is 'my son.' A son is not his father.

@val70 Since I wrote that comment I've come across several videos enumerating and explaining all the various other gods mentioned by name or description in The Bible.