Related for Megillah 43:2
אמר לו זו לא שמעתי כיוצא בה שמעתי דתנן ביום הראשון בראשית ויהי רקיע ותני עלה בראשית בשנים יהי רקיע באחד
He replied: I have not heard [any halakhah] about this but I have heard a rule in a similar case, as we have learned On Sundays, [the ma’amad read the paragraph] “In the beginning” and “Let there be a firmament”, and we taught about this, “In the beginning” is read by two and “Let there be a firmament” by one”
Tosefta Megillah
We do not read fewer than three verses from the Torah at one time. If there was a section with four [verses] or of five [verses] (i.e., which cannot be divided into two or more sections of three), behold, one person reads the whole thing. [If] there was a section of five and he read three and left out the other two, the one who stands up to read after him reads those two and another three from a different section. If there was a section of four or five [verses], behold, he reads everything. We may not read an additional [portion from the] Prophets (i.e., the haftarah) of less than three verses at one time. If there was a section of four or five verses, behold, he reads everything. One who cuts short [the reading], behold he is praised. If it was a short section, such as (Is. 42:3), "For thus says the Lord, you were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money," it is read by itself.
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