This verse is almost identical with the beginning of verse 10 without adding any new information. It may be legitimate in some languages to restructure verses 10-12 as a whole and eliminate the redundancy.
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 .

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