9373. Come up unto Jehovah. That this signifies conjunction with the Lord, is evident from the signification of “coming up,” as being to be raised toward interior things (see n. 3084, 4539, 4969, 5406, 5817, 6007), consequently also to be conjoined (n. 8760). That it denotes conjunction with the Lord, is because by “Jehovah” in the Word is meant the the Lord, (n. 1343, 1736, 1793, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2921, 3023, 3035, 5663, 6280, 6303, 6905, 8274, 8864, 9315). A secret which also lies hidden in the internal sense of these words, is that the sons of Jacob, over whom Moses was the head, were not called and chosen; but they themselves insisted that Divine worship should be instituted among them (according to wh at has been said in n. 4290, 4293); and therefore it is here said, “and He said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah,” as if not Jehovah, but another, had said that he should come up. For the same reason in what follows it is said that “the people should not go up” (verse 2); and that “Jehovah sent not His hand unto the sons of Israel who were set apart” (verse 11); and that “the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel” (verse 17); and lastly that Moses, being called the seventh day, “entered into the midst of the cloud.” For by “the cloud” is meant the Word in the letter (n. 5922, 6343, 6752, 6832, 8106, 8443, 8781); and with the sons of Jacob the Word was separated from its internal sense, because they were in external worship without internal, as can be clearly seen from the fact that now, as before, they said, “all the words which Jehovah hath spoken we will do” (verse 3); and yet scarcely forty days afterward they worshiped a golden calf instead of Jehovah; which shows that this was hidden in their hearts while they were saying with their lips that they would serve Jehovah alone. But nevertheless those who are meant by “the called and the chosen” are those who are in internal worship, and who from internal worship are in external; that is, those who are in love to and faith in the Lord, and from this in love toward the neighbor.

To roast something is, in Biblical culinary terms, to cook it over a fire. Fire represents the Lord's infinite love for all things, so roasting food means producing the desire for what is good and actual good works from the love we feel from the Lord. This is used most often in reference to meat, particularly meat for sacrifices. It is also, however, used occasionally in reference to a drying process for grain; young David, for instance, was delivering “roasted” or “parched” grain to his brothers when he saw Goliath. This dried grain represents the desire for good that springs from a love of others; green grain represents the desire for good that comes from an understanding of what is true. This can be tricky, because many translations (including the King James Version) use “parched” for grain prepared this way, and also for people and things dried out by desert heat and wind, which has a separate meaning.

In Exodus 12:8, this signifies good which is from love, for fire signifies love. (Arcana Coelestia 7852)

In Isaiah 44:16, this signifies to operate from a filthy love. (Arcana Coelestia 7852[3])

In Exodus 12:9, this signifies to enjoy the good that comes from love, but not that which comes from the truth of faith. (Arcana Coelestia 7857)