English: “To us and to our children” — there are dots over “to us and to our children” and over the ayin of “until”; this teaches that [Heaven] did not punish for the hidden things until they crossed the Jordan. Alternatively: the hidden things belong to Hashem our God, and the revealed things to us and to our children — from the time that Israel accepted the oath at Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival.
On the daf: The masoretic dots mark a historical boundary. Communal areivut — mutual responsibility for revealed deeds — took full effect only after the people crossed the Jordan and accepted the oath at the two mountains. Until then the hidden remained solely with Hashem; thereafter the revealed deeds of the community became the responsibility of all.
Type of Learning
Custom (masoretic diyuk from the dots; historical starting point of communal areivut).
What Is Learned
Mutual responsibility for the revealed deeds of the community began in full after the crossing of the Jordan and the oath at Gerizim and Eival.