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Because the medieval texts differ very slightly among one another, scholars use ancient MT codices as a yardstick for comparison. The oldest source of MT is the Aleppo Codex (Keter Aram Tzova) from approximately 925 CE. While it is the closest text to the Ben Asher school of Masoretes, it survived in an incomplete form, as it lacks almost all of the Torah. For this reason, many scholars prefer to use the oldest complete manuscript of MT, namely the Codex Leningrad B 19^A (codex L) from 1009 CE.