13
He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’
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Verse 13. Ten pieces of money, each of which was called a mna. To translate pounds, gives the English reader a false notion, the Roman coin called a mna not corresponding to our pound. Witham.—A mna was 12½ ounces, which, at five shillings per ounce, is £3 2s. 6d.
10 minas was more than 3 years’ wages for an agricultural laborer.
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