has a priest at his elbow. David seems to do the same.

Moreover, Elohim constantly appear in dreams--which in old
Israel did not mean that, as we should say, the subject of the
appearance "dreamed he saw the spirit"; but that he veritably
saw the Elohim which, as a soul, visited his soul while his body
was asleep. And, in the course of the history of Israel Jahveh
himself thus appears to all sorts of persons, non-Israelites as
well as Israelites. Again, the Elohim possess, or inspire,
people against their will, as in the case of Saul and Saul's
messengers, and then these people prophesy--that is to say,
"rave"--and exhibit the ungoverned gestures attributed by a
later age to possession by malignant spirits. Apart from other
evidence to be adduced by and by, the history of ancient
demonology and of modern revivalism does not permit me to doubt
that the accounts of these phenomena given in the history of
Saul may be perfectly historical.

In the ritual practices, of which evidence is to be found in the
books of Judges and Samuel, the chief part is played by
sacrifices, usually burnt offerings. Whenever the aid of the
Elohim of Israel is sought, or thanks are considered due to him,
an altar is built, and oxen, sheep, and goats are slaughtered
and offered up. Sometimes the entire victim is burnt as a
holocaust; more frequently only certain parts, notably the fat
about the kidneys, are burnt on the altar. The rest is properly
cooked; and, after the reservation of a part for the priest, is
made the foundation of a joyous banquet, in which the
sacrificer, his family, and such guests as he thinks fit to
invite, participate.<11> Elohim was supposed to share in the