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# Do not pollute in this way the land where you live, because blood from murder pollutes the land
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Making the land unacceptable to Yahweh is spoken of as if it were physically polluting the land. Alternate translation: "Do not make the land where you live unacceptable to me in this way, because blood from murder makes the land unacceptable to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# in this way
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This means by disobeying the laws concerning a person who kills someone.
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# No atonement can be made for the land when blood has been shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it
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This double negative emphasizes that the blood of the one who sheds blood is the only thing that can make atonement for the land. Alternate translation: "The only atonement that can be made for the land when blood has been shed on it is the blood of the one who shed it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# when blood has been shed
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This refers to when a person intentionally kills another person. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "when someone has shed blood" or "when someone has intentionally killed another person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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