משנה: הַקּוֹרֵא אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה עוֹמֵד וְיוֹשֵׁב. קְרָאָהּ אֶחָד קְרָאוּהָ שְׁנַיִם יָצָא. מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לְבָרֵךְ יְבָרֵךְ. שֶׁלֹּא לְבָרֵךְ לֹא יְבָרֵךְ. בַּשֵּׁנִי וּבַחֲמִישִׁי וּבַשַׁבָּת בַּמִּנְחָה קוֹרִין שְׁלֹשָׁה. אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מֵהֶן וְאֵין מוֹסִיפִין עֲלֵיהֶן. וְאֵין מַפְטִירִין בַּנָּבִיא. הַפּוֹתֵחַ וְהַחוֹתֵם בַּתּוֹרָה מְבָרֵךְ לְפָנֶיהָ וּלְאַחֲרֶיהָ:
MISHNAH: One who reads the scroll either stands or sits. If one read it or two read it, one has fulfilled his obligation. On a place where one is used to recite a benediction, he has to recite the benediction; where one is used not to recite a benediction, he does not recite the benediction. On Monday, Thursday and Sabbath afternoon three are reading, no less and no more, and one does not conclude with a Prophet. The one who starts and the one who ends in the Torah recites the benediction, before or after.