And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
Stand by thy burnt offering - as one in expectation of an important favour.
Showeth me - i:e., makes known to me by word or sign.
Went to an high place - a part by himself, where he might practice rites and ceremomies, with a view to obtain a response of the oracle.