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What Does “Charge (to command)” Mean in the Bible?

To give an order and make it known to everyone. “He charged them” means he commanded them.

Where it appears in the Bible

Exodus 1:22; Acts 4:18

What the Bible says

Exodus 1:22

Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Acts 4:18

And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: RAE, “intimar”

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