Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters - tassels on the corners of the outer coat; or, according to some eminent Biblical interpreters, tassels on the coverlet of the bed. The precept is not the same as Numbers 15:38; nor is "fringes represented in the two passages by the same term in the original. [In Numbers the expression used is tsiytsit (H6734), which denotes the edge of fur on the Assyrian mantles; also a lock of hair (Ezekiel 8:3). In this passage the word is gªdiliym (H1434), tassels attached with strings or slender cords to the corner of a robe.] These tasseled cords are seen hanging from the corners of the Assyrian garments on the pictorial plates of Layard and Botta.