Balaam, after the general custom of the pagan, prefaced his divinations by sacrifice. In the number of the altars regard was probably had to the number of the then known planets. Yet Balaam evidently intended his sacrifice as an offering to the true God.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 23:1
Numbers 23:1
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.