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The New Smith’s Bible Dictionary states: “Shechi'nah or Shechinah (shek-i'na) [that which dwells] this term is not found in the Bible. Its usage in later Jewish writings denotes the visible majesty of the divine Presence, especially in reference to God’s dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat in the tabernacle and the temple of Solomon (however, not in the temple of Zerubbabel where it was considered lacking). The use of the term is first found in the Targums [i.e., any of the several translations or parts of the Old Testament written in the vernacular (Aramaic) or Judea] where it is frequently used as a periphrasis for God [i.e., a roundabout way of speaking of God] to indicate the presence of God among his people, in an effort to avoid any indication of materialism. Onkelos [the person accepted as doing an authoritative translated text of the Tora], in passages such as Ex. 25:8 and 29:45-46 where God speaks of dwelling in the midst of his people, wrote that God's Shechinah dwelt in their midst.