Altered realities figure in Bible (9)

I believe the answer is:

israelite

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'figure in bible' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'altered realities' is the wordplay.
'altered' indicates an anagram.
'realities' with letters rearranged gives 'ISRAELITE'.

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(Other definitions for israelite that I've seen before include "such as David?" , "Tribesman" , "inhabitant of Holy Land?" , "Old Hebrew" , "Jew" .)

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