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And I will display my holiness through you as all the nations watch. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/20.htm">King James Bible</a> I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/20.htm">New King James Version</a> I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will show Myself to be holy among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “As a soothing aroma I shall accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I shall prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I will accept you [graciously] as a pleasant and soothing aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands in which you have been scattered; and I will prove Myself holy and manifest My holiness among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will demonstrate my holiness through you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will demonstrate My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When I bring you home from the places where you are now scattered, I will be pleased with you, just as I am pleased with the smell of the smoke from your sacrifices. Every nation on earth will see that I am holy, <a href="/erv/ezekiel/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, I will accept you as if you were a pleasing sacrifice. Through you I will reveal myself as holy to the nations that are watching. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> After I bring you out of the countries where you have been scattered and gather you together, I will accept the sacrifices that you burn, and the nations will see that I am holy. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> "When I will have brought you from among the people and have gathered you from the lands where you were scattered, I'll accept you as a pleasing aroma. I'll reveal my holiness among you, and the entire world will see it. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/net/ezekiel/20.htm">NET Bible</a> When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries in which ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. <a href="/web/ezekiel/20.htm">World English Bible</a> I will accept you as a pleasant aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered. I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> With refreshing fragrance I accept you, "" In My bringing you out from the peoples, "" And I have assembled you from the lands "" In which you have been scattered, "" And I have been sanctified in you "" Before the eyes of the nations. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> With sweet fragrance I do accept you, In My bringing you out from the peoples, And I have assembled you from the lands In which ye have been scattered, And I have been sanctified in you Before the eyes of the nations. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> With the odor of sweetness I will receive you into favor in my bringing you forth from the peoples, and I gathered you from the lands where ye were scattered in them; and I was consecrated in you before the eyes of the nations.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I will accept of you for an odour of sweetness, when I shall have brought you out from the people, and shall have gathered you out of the lands into which you are scattered, and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I will receive from you a fragrance of sweetness, when I will have led you away from the peoples, and gathered you from the lands into which you were dispersed. And I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/20.htm">New American Bible</a> As a sweet-smelling oblation I will accept you, when I bring you from among the nations and gather you out of the lands over which you were scattered; and through you I will manifest my holiness in the sight of the nations. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I will accept you with a sweet savor, when I bring you out from among the Gentiles and gather you out of the cities wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the Gentiles. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In a sweet savor I shall receive you, when I have brought you out from the nations, and I have gathered you from the cities among which I scattered you, and I was hallowed among you before the eyes of the nations<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> With your sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I will accept you with a sweet-smelling savour, when I bring you out from the nations, and take you out of the countries wherein ye have been dispersed; and I will be sanctified among you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=5512" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/20.htm">Judgment and Restoration</a> …40For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices. 41<a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: bə·hō·w·ṣî·’î (Prep-b:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">When I bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">you from</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘am·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: wə·qib·baṣ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">and gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">you from</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the lands</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">to which</a> <a href="/hebrew/6327.htm" title="6327: nə·p̄ō·ṣō·ṯem (V-Nifal-Perf-2mp) -- To be dispersed or scattered. A primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively.">you have been scattered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: ’er·ṣeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">I will accept</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5207.htm" title="5207: nî·ḥō·aḥ (N-ms) -- A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing. Or niychoach; from nuwach; properly, restful, i.e. Pleasant; abstractly, delight.">you as a pleasing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7381.htm" title="7381: bə·rê·aḥ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- To smell, perceive odor. From ruwach; odor.">aroma.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·niq·daš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">And I will show My holiness</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">through you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê (Prep-l:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in the sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations.</a> 42Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Isaiah 60:7</a> All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house. <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">2 Corinthians 2:15</a> For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/jeremiah/33-9.htm">Jeremiah 33:9</a> So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it. <a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm">Zephaniah 3:20</a> At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD. <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2</a> Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a> May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering. <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a> Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. <a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15-16</a> Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. / And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. <a href="/isaiah/66-20.htm">Isaiah 66:20</a> And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.” <a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a> you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. <a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a> to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I will accept you with your sweet smell, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.with your<a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28</a> For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.<a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a> Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.<a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21</a> And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.sweet savour [heb] savour of rest <a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Ezekiel 11:17</a> Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.<a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Ezekiel 34:19</a> And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.<a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Ezekiel 36:24</a> For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.and I will<a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Ezekiel 28:22,25</a> And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her… <a href="/ezekiel/38-23.htm">Ezekiel 38:23</a> Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.<a href="/ezekiel/39-27.htm">Ezekiel 39:27-29</a> When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-24.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-15.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Fragrant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-32.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-23.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Manifest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-35.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Odor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-35.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-32.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Show</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-22.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Soothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-14.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-6.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Fragrant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-16.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Manifest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/john/11-39.htm">Odor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-24.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-16.htm">Show</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-43.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/exodus/29-18.htm">Soothing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-43.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 20</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel</a> 4. <a href="/ezekiel/20-4.htm">He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt</a> 19. <a href="/ezekiel/20-19.htm">in the desert</a> 27. <a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">and in the land</a> 33. <a href="/ezekiel/20-33.htm">He promises to gather them by the Gospel</a> 45. <a href="/ezekiel/20-45.htm">Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, the Israelites were exiled due to their disobedience and idolatry, notably during the Babylonian captivity. This regathering is not only a physical return to the land of Israel but also a spiritual restoration. It echoes the promises found in <a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3-5</a> and <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a>, where God promises to bring His people back. This act of gathering signifies God's faithfulness to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.I will accept you as a pleasing aroma The imagery of a "pleasing aroma" is deeply rooted in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament, where offerings made to God were described as a "pleasing aroma" (<a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9, 2</a>:2). This signifies God's acceptance and favor. In the New Testament, this concept is fulfilled in Christ, whose sacrifice is described as a "fragrant offering" (<a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a>). The acceptance of Israel as a pleasing aroma indicates a restored relationship with God, where their worship and lives are once again pleasing to Him.And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations God's holiness is a central theme throughout Scripture, and His desire is to manifest His holiness through His people. In the context of Ezekiel, Israel's restoration and obedience would demonstrate God's holiness and power to the surrounding nations. This is a fulfillment of God's promise to make Israel a light to the nations (<a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>). The ultimate expression of God's holiness is seen in Jesus Christ, who perfectly reveals God's nature and through whom believers are called to be holy (<a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>). This phrase underscores the missional aspect of Israel's calling, to be a testimony of God's character to the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were scattered among the nations due to their disobedience and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> Refers to the various countries where the Israelites were exiled, symbolizing both physical and spiritual separation from God. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness.htm">God's Holiness</a> The divine attribute of God being set apart, pure, and worthy of reverence, which He intends to demonstrate through His people. 5. <a href="/topical/p/pleasing_aroma.htm">Pleasing Aroma</a> A metaphor for the Israelites' restored relationship with God, reminiscent of the sacrificial offerings that were acceptable to Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_restoration.htm">God's Faithfulness in Restoration</a> Despite Israel's disobedience, God promises to gather and restore them, demonstrating His unwavering faithfulness. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_as_witness.htm">Holiness as Witness</a> God's holiness is revealed through His people, emphasizing the importance of living a life that reflects His character to the world. <a href="/topical/t/the_aroma_of_obedience.htm">The Aroma of Obedience</a> Just as sacrifices were a pleasing aroma to God, our lives should be lived in obedience, becoming a pleasing aroma to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_global_impact_of_god's_people.htm">The Global Impact of God's People</a> The restoration and holiness of God's people serve as a testimony to the nations, highlighting the global mission of the Church. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_acceptance.htm">Repentance and Acceptance</a> True repentance leads to acceptance by God, reminding us of the importance of turning back to Him wholeheartedly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 20</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_36_align_with_other_prophecies.htm">How do claims in Ezekiel 36 about Israel's future prosperity reconcile with other biblical passages that predict ongoing hardship for the same people?</a> <a href="/q/does_ezekiel_20_40-44_withstand_skepticism.htm">How does the promise of eventual restoration in Ezekiel 20:40-44 stand up to skepticism when some prophecies appear to have remained unfulfilled from a historical standpoint?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_gog_and_magog,_and_why_no_evidence.htm">(Revelation 20:7-8) Who are Gog and Magog historically, and why is there no clear archeological evidence of such an end-times battle?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_ezekiel_37_12-14's_fulfillment.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that Ezekiel 37:12-14 was fulfilled by actual physical resurrections in Israel's past?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 41. - I will be sanctified in you, etc. God is sanctified when he is manifested and recognized as holy (<a href="/leviticus/10-3.htm">Leviticus 10:3</a>; <a href="/numbers/20-13.htm">Numbers 20:13</a>). That recognition would be the consequence of the restoration of Israel, for then it would be seen, even by the heathen, that the God of Israel had been holy and just and true in his judgments, and that he seeks to make men partakers of his holiness. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When I bring בְּהוֹצִיאִ֤י (bə·hō·w·ṣî·’î) Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim you from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the peoples הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים (hā·‘am·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and gather וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י (wə·qib·baṣ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect you from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the lands הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land to which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you have been scattered, נְפֹצֹתֶ֖ם (nə·p̄ō·ṣō·ṯem) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6327.htm">Strong's 6327: </a> To be dispersed or scattered I will accept אֶרְצֶ֣ה (’er·ṣeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt you as a pleasing נִיחֹחַ֮ (nî·ḥō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing aroma. בְּרֵ֣יחַ (bə·rê·aḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7381.htm">Strong's 7381: </a> To smell, perceive odor And I will show My holiness וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֥י (wə·niq·daš·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated through you in the sight לְעֵינֵ֥י (lə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain of the nations. הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 20:41 As a pleasant aroma will I accept (Ezek. 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