Mina

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.

Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’