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A divided populace in biblical land (4)

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I believe the answer is:

moab

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'biblical land' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a divided populace in' is the wordplay.
'divided populace' becomes 'mob' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a' going inside 'mob' is 'MOAB'.

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(Other definitions for moab that I've seen before include "- is my Washpot, Stephen Fry autobiography" , "Part of Jordan" , "Land in OT" , "Biblical country" , "Biblical kingdom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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