The connection of Numbers 2 with the previous chapter
Numbers 2:1–34 (ESV)
1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
A completed military census (Numbers 1:1–54) now leads to an orderly arrangement of the tribes around the tabernacle. The Levites and their duties, that are introduced in chapter one, are further expanded upon here.
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,