en_tn_lite_do_not_use/rev/05/08.md

# the Lamb

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]])

# twenty-four elders

"24 elders." See how you translated this in [Revelation 4:4](../04/04.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# prostrated themselves

"lay down on the ground." Their faces were toward the ground.

# 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 the believers

The incense here is a symbol for the believers' prayers to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lamb]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/harp]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/incense]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believer]]