After the golden calf was destroyed, Moses was directed to make this; it was later set up in the tabernacle
The first set of tablets was thrown to the ground and destroyed when 
Moses... [DOC] [TLE] Tabernacle - Wikipedia [PAR] The Tabernacle according to the Hebrew Bible, was the portable earthly meeting 
place of God with the children of Israel from the time of the Exodus from Egypt 
through the conquering of the land of Canaan.