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the Lamb
A "lamb" is a young sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in Revelation 5:6. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-symlanguage)
twenty-four elders
"24 elders." See how you translated this in Revelation 4:4. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers)
fell down
"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.
Each of them
Possible meanings are 1) "each of the elders and living creatures" or 2) "each of the elders."
a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of God's holy people
The incense here is a symbol for the believers' prayers to God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-symlanguage)