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# the Lamb
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This is a young male sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in [Revelation 5:6](./06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
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# twenty-four elders
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"24 elders." See how you translated this in [Revelation 4:4](./04.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# fell down
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"lay down on the ground." Their faces were toward the ground to show that they were worshiping the Lamb. They did this on purpose; they did not fall accidentally.
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# Each of them
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Possible meanings are 1) "each of the elders and living creatures" or 2) "each of the elders."
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# a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of God's holy people
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The incense here is a symbol for the believers' prayers to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
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