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This doesn't seem so clear anon!
Not even sure when it was constructed, before or after Mountain trip, first or second trip, first or second set of tablets. Much confusion!
https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/who-made-the-ark-of-the-covenant-moses-or-bezalel/
''Who made the Ark of the Covenant: Moses or Bezalel?''
The First Tablets
Two tablets, on which the Ten Commandments were written, were created by God. The first set of tablets was thrown to the ground and destroyed when Moses saw that the Israelites were worshipping foreign gods.
Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other. The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets. (NASB) Exodus 32:15-16
It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain . . . Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?” Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil. For they said to me, ‘Make a god for us who will go before us . . .'” (NASB) Exodus 32:19, 21-23
A second set of tablets was made later and placed into the Ark of the Covenant.
At that time the LORD said to me, “Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.” So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets of stone like the former ones, and went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand . . . Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me. (NASB) Deuteronomy 10:1-3, 5
The English words do not reveal when the Ark of the Covenant was made. The Hebrew word that is translated “made” is a QAL perfect. This implies that the ark was made but we do not know when. It could have been made after Moses returned from Mt. Sinai. The passage does not tell us how much time elapsed between Moses’ return and the time that the tablets were placed in the Ark of the Covenant.
The Second Tablets
The second time that Moses went up the mountain he took another set of blank stone tablets that he had made. After God wrote the Ten Commandments on them, Moses came down the mountain and placed them into the Ark of the Covenant. That is the message of the passage above (Deuteronomy 10:1-3, 5).
Bezalel’s Ark of the Covenant
According to Exodus 31:1-6, God directed Moses to use Bezalel and Oholiab to make the Ark of the Covenant.
I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan . . . (NASB) Ex. 31:2-6
Yet, Exodus 36:1 indicates that other people helped Bezalel and Oholiab. They did not make the Ark of the Covenant by themselves. Moses was like the owner of the building project who directed activity. Bezalel and Oholiab were foremen who directed the workers. In Ex. 37:1 we see that Bezalel gets the credit for building the Ark of Covenant which was made of acacia wood.
Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood . . . (NASB) Exodus 37:1
https://thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney2/25-the-israelites-journey-from-egypt-to-mt-sinai/moses-constructs-the-ark-of-the-covenant/
We do know it was made of Acacia Wood.
What else can be extracted from the Acacia?
Dmitri!Burning Bushstory?