If they were to place the stones in the Yarden as they crossed it, what are the following Pesukim referring to?
Rashi: In fact, they set up three sets of stones 1 - one in the Yarden, one in Gilgal (their first stop) and one on Har Eival. 2
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes, based on Sotah 35b & 36a, that they set up three sets of stones - in the Yarden, in Gilgal and on Har Eival. But in Yehoshua (4:3 & 7), Rashi explains that the stones in Gilgal were synonymous with the ones that they took to Har Eival?
R. Chaim Paltiel: Rashi means that they needed to set-up stones three times.
Moshav Zekenim: At Har Eival they peeled off the lime from the stones, and it is as if they were new.
Gur Aryeh: Rashi only counts the locations where they erected the stones.
Rashi writes, based on Sotah 35b & 36a, that they set up stones three times - in the Yarden, in Gilgal and on Har Eival. The Gemara says that Moshe set up stones in Eretz Mo'av. Why does Rashi omit this? And why does he mention Gilgal before Har Eival, seeing as they erected them in Har Eival, and then took them to Gilgal?
Gur Aryeh: Rashi omitted what Moshe erected, since it was in Eiver ha'Yarden. And he mentions Gilgal after those in the Yarden, because both of them were to recall [the miracle of crossing] the Yarden, but that was not the reason for erecting them in Har Eival.
