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Deuteronomy 22:12

Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be covered.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Funiculos in fimbriis facies per quatuor angulos pallii tui, quo operieris.
Septuagint (Swete)
Στρεπτὰ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ ἐπὶ τῶν τεσσάρων κρασπέδων τῶν περιβολαίων σου, ἃ ἐὰν περιβάλῃ ἐν αὐτοῖς.
Hebrew (WLC)
גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה לָּ֑ךְ עַל אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה בָּֽהּ

Haydock's commentary

Strings, probably to gird the outer garment round the loins. See Numbers xv. 38.

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.