But: marking contrast between the prohibition applying to the visitor and the hired person on the one hand, and the slave of the priest on the other hand.

Slave: the difference between a slave and a hired man (verse 10) is that a slave was considered legal property of a person and had no rights of his own. He received no wages, but his needs were taken care of by his master. Slaves could be purchased, but there were also slaves who were born of slave parents and therefore belonged to the master. The hired man, on the other hand, entered into a contract with a person to work for him and be paid for his work.

Provided that the meaning is fully retained, some of the repetition in this verse may be eliminated if it is unnatural in the receptor language.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .