Why did ESV translate elohim differently in Exodus 32:4 (gods) and in Nehemiah 9:18 (God)?

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Exodus 32:

4 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods [אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā G430], O Israel, who brought [plural, הֶעֱל֖וּךָ he·‘ĕ·lū·ḵā] you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Nehemiah 9:

18 Even when they had made for themselves a golden calf and said, ‘This is your God [אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā G430] who brought [singular, הֶעֶלְךָ֖ he·‘el·ḵā] you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed great blasphemies,

The two Hebrew noun forms of G430-elohim are identical. Why did ESV translate one as "gods" and the other as "God"?

In Ex, G430 is followed by a plural verb. In Neh, it is followed by a singular verb.

When G430 is followed by a singular verb, without exception, it always refers to God.

When G430 is followed by a plural verb, most of the time, it refers to gods. The context will tell whether it should be translated as "God" or "gods" in these exceptional cases.

See also Is "elohim" singular or plural?.