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You have completely distorted the meaning of that passage. God didn’t admit other gods exist. He merely prohibited one from believing there is another deity.

Also, there are other other Bible verses that directly quote God and reject your contention that are other gods. You don’t have a solid grasp of the Bible if you claim the ten commandments are the only passages directly authored by God.

Try these other verses, which totally refute your position:

“I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.” Isaiah 44:6
“For there is ONE GOD and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”1 Timothy 2:5
“There is no one like Yahweh our God.” Exodus 8:10
“Yahweh, He is God; there is no other besides Him.” Deuteronomy 4:35
“Yahweh, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.” Deuteronomy 4:39
“See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me” Deuteronomy 32:39
“Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one [echad]!” Deuteronomy 6:4
“You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You” 2 Samuel 7:22
“For who is God, besides Yahweh? And who is a rock, besides our God?” 2 Samuel 22:32
“Yahweh is God; there is no one else.” 1 Kings 8:60
“You are the God, You alone [bad], of all the kingdoms of the earth.” 2 Kings 19:15
“O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You” 1 Chronicles 17:20
“You alone [bad] are Yahweh.” Nehemiah 9:6
“For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, except our God” Psalm 18:31
“You alone [bad], Lord, are God.” Isaiah 37:20
“Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.” Isaiah 43:10
“Is there any God besides Me, Or is there any other Rock? I know of none.” Isaiah 44:8
“I am Yahweh, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God.” Isaiah 45:5
“Surely, God is with you, and there is none else, No other God.” Isaiah 45:14
“I am Yahweh, and there is none else.” Isaiah 45:18
“Is it not I, Yahweh? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me.” Isaiah 45:21
“I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me” Isaiah 46:9
“And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahweh will be the only one [echad], and His name the only one[echad].” Zechariah 14:9
“”The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one [hen] Lord; “ Mark 12:29
“you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only [monos] God?” John 5:44
“I and the Father are one [hen].” John 10:30
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only [monos] true God” John 17:3
“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one [hen], just as We are one [hen]” John 17:22
“since indeed God is one [hen]” Romans 3:30
“to the only [monos] wise God, Amen.” Romans 16:27
“there is no God but one [hen]” 1 Corinthians 8:4
“yet for us there is but one [hen] God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one [hen] Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6
“Now a mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one [hen].” Galatians 3:20
“There is one [hen] body and one [hen] Spirit, one [hen] hope, one [hen] Lord, one [hen] faith, one [hen] baptism, one [hen] God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:4-6
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only [monos] God” 1 Timothy 1:17
“which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only [monos] Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone [monos] possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.” 1 Timothy 6:16
“You believe that God is one [hen]. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.” James 2:19
“For certain persons deny our only [monos] Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 4
“the only [monos] God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” Jude 25

Blah blah blah, we can do this all day. The ultimate source is the 1st commandment. Written on a stone tablet by God himself. Given to Moses by God directly. Stored in the ark of the covenant. Argue with God. You seem to know better what he meant than he did. Or is your argument that he is just a poor writer that can’t get a point across clearly?

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you—

Exodus 23:13

“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

Deuteronomy 32:17

They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.

Deuteronomy 28:14

And if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.