“Exodus chapter twenty-five gives the description and instruction concerning the Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat which was to be over it, in the Tabernacle of Moses. The commandment of the Lord to Moses was to take an offering from all whose hearts willingly offered, and construct a tabernacle, a tent-of-meeting. It was to be the LORD'S TENT in the midst of the great encampment of Israel. “