'Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who represents the good of charity, should not look to matters of doctrine. 'To look up,' is to look to celestial things. In Genesis 18:22, looking signifies thinking because seeing denotes understanding.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2245)

2413. 'And they led him away, and placed him outside the city' means his state at that time. This is clear from the meaning of 'leading away' as withholding, and from the meaning of 'placing outside the city' as away from falsity. The state at that time therefore was one when, by a withholding from evils, goods and truths from the Lord were strengthened.