Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 23:3

3 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 .

As in Gods presence, as one that offers thy self as well as thy sacrifices to obtain his favour.

To some solitary and convenient place, where I may by my inchantments prevail with God to appear to me and to answer thy and my desires in cursing this people.

(i. e.) Reveals to me either by word or sign.

Or, into the plain, as that word properly signifies, for he was now in an high place, Numb. 22. 41. But this is not material, it was doubtless some solitary place, where he might use some gestures and ceremonies which he would not have others see, and where he might more reasonably expect to meet with God, for both good and evil spirits most commonly appeared to persons in such places.

Marginal references: Or, he went solitary.