Benjamin was the youngest, and Jacob's last blessing might be the most exalted. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan reads the Hebrew "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf" (Genesis 49:27) as a declaration about Israel's future house of worship.

"In his land will dwell the Shekina of the Lord of the world, and the house of the sanctuary be builded in his inheritance."

When the land was divided under Joshua, Jerusalem sat on the border of Judah and Benjamin, with the Temple Mount itself — Mount Moriah — falling inside Benjamin's allotment (see the tribal borders in Joshua 18:11-28). The Targum is making a theological point. The royal line came from Judah, but the Shekinah — the Divine Presence — chose the territory of the youngest brother.

Then the Targum turns to the daily rhythms of the Temple service with almost liturgical care. "In the morning will the priests offer the lamb continually until the fourth hour, and between the evenings the second lamb, and at eventide will they divide the residue remaining of the offering, and eat, every man, his portion." This is the tamid, the twice-daily continual offering (Numbers 28:3-8) that structured Jewish Temple life for centuries. Jacob, in one breath, is foretelling not only the building of the Temple but the exact sacrificial rhythm that would echo inside it. Benjamin's land would hold the place where the Holy One was fed.