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Do not pollute in this way the land where you live, because blood from murder pollutes the land
"Do not make the land where you live unacceptable to me in this way, because blood from murder makes the land unacceptable to me"
in this way
This means by disobeying the laws concerning a person who kills someone.
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
"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"
when blood has been shed
"when someone has shed blood" or "when someone has intentionally killed another person"