For a fuller statement of this law, see Num 15.37-41. A tassel is an ornament made of threads or cords bound at one end.
The cloak was the long outer garment.
Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .