“‘As a pleasing odor,
I will accept you.
When I bring you out
From the people,
I will gather you
Out of the countries
Where you have been
Scattered.
I will manifest
My holiness
Among you
In the sight
Of the nations.
You shall know
That I am Yahweh,
When I bring you
Into the land of Israel,
The country
That I swore
To give
To your ancestors.”
Yahweh was going to accept the Israelites as a pleasing odor, when he was going to gather his people from the various scattered nations and countries. Yahweh was going to manifest his holiness among them in the sight of the other nations. They would all know that it was Yahweh that brought them into the land of Israel. This is the same country that he had sworn to give to their ancestors.