After the golden calf was destroyed, Moses was directed to make this; it was later set up in the tabernacle
[DOC] [TLE] Ark of the Covenant | Free online library at BiblicalTraining.org [PAR] God directed Moses (Exod.25.10-Exod.25.22; Deut.10.2-Deut.10.5) to make the 
ark of acacia ... Moses made the ark after the golden calf was destroyed (Deut.