The glory of God descends on the Tabernacle once Moses completed the work.

“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. (Exodus 25:17-22)

“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.“And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.“You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side.“And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.“You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.“The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.“And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.“And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.“Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.“And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.“You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.“And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. (Exodus 25:10-22)