he that eateth: i.e. ignorantly: otherwise, wilfully, it was the death penalty. Numbers 15:30; Deuteronomy 14:21.
Related Commentaries of Leviticus 11:40
Leviticus 11:40
40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.