# twenty-four elders

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

# fell upon their faces

This is an idiom that means they lay down facing the ground. See how you translated "prostrated themselves" in [Revelation 4:10](../04/10.md). Alternate translation: "bowed down"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])