Midrash for Exodus 29:39

R. Bisna asserted: The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel: My sons, do for Me what I have done for you: I fed you in the desert, therefore you must sacrifice a lamb unto me: Thou shalt offer in the morning (Exod. 29:39). Then washed I thee with water; yea, I cleansed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk. I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head (Ezek. 16:9–12).

Thus did R. Tanhuma interpret (Exod. 12:1–2): THEN THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, SAYING: THIS MONTH SHALL BE FOR YOU THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTHS…. This text is related (to Cant. 2:10–12): MY BELOVED ANSWERED AND SAID TO ME: ARISE, MY DARLING, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. FOR NOW THE WINTER IS PAST,…. THE BLOSSOMS HAVE APPEARED IN THE LAND….²⁹PRK 5:9; PR 15:10; Cant. R. 2:9:5. MY BELOVED ANSWERED through Moses AND SAID TO ME through Aaron: ARISE, MY DARLING (rt.: R'H), O daughter of Abraham, who befriended (rt.: R'H) me in the world. MY FAIR ONE (rt.: YPH), O daughter of Isaac, who beautified (rt.: YPH) me in the world, when his father bound him upon the altar. AND COME AWAY, O daughter of Jacob, the one who (according to Gen. 28:7) heeded HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER [AND WENT TO PADDAN-ARAM]. R. Aqiva says: The text <reads> ARISE<…,> [COME AWAY] (both of which are feminine imperatives with the letter yod at the end). The < extra > yod stands for ten, [due to] the ten commandments which you are going to receive on Sinai. ARISE, MY DARLING, MY FAIR ONE <AND COME AWAY>…. R. Johanan said: MY DARLING (R'YTY) <belongs in the context of> what is written (in Exod. 29:39): THE ONE LAMB YOU SHALL OFFER IN THE MORNING….³⁰The Masoretic text of Cant. 2:10 vowels R‘YTY as ra‘yati (MY DARLING). R. Johanan would revowel R‘YTY as re‘iyyati (MY PASTURING), a word which refers especially to the pasturing of sacrificial animals. Hence the reference to the sacrificial lambs of Exod. 29:39.

Another explanation of Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth. It alludes to sacrifice. In the morning he devoureth prey: The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning (Exod. 29:39). At even he divideth the spoil: And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even (ibid.).