Numbers 15:39

it shall be unto you for a tassel] The point of this appears to lie in a play on the words ẓîẓîth(-tassel") and ẓîẓ1 [Note: Used in Exodus 28:36; Exodus 39:30; Leviticus 8:9 of the diadem (R.V. -plate") on the high priest's forehead.] -a shining thing," -an ornament." The tassels are not to be superstitious charms but striking ornaments, which will constantly catch the wearer's eye, and act as a religious reminder.

after which ye go a whoring] The Heb. has a participle, not an imperfect as R.V. suggests. The words apparently mean Ye are still prone to follow the superstitious and illegitimate practices to which your heart and your eyes lead you. It is an obscure sentence, and perhaps something has been lost from the text. But there seems little doubt that the earlier superstitions connected with the tassels are referred to.