Historically, for instance in ancient Israel, scribes were a class of well-educated Jews who studied and explained the law, there were referred to as lawyers or rabbis occasionally, they were not priests.
In modern society, a scribe usually works in the medical field, and sees that notes are taken of all medical procedures, correctly entered in the chart, etc.
They write all day.
Some scribes were bad and were arguing against Jesus, however , not all were bad. Nicodemus, Gamaliel and Hillel were scribes.
Scribes kept all kinds of records and so they have variety of jobs.
Scribes recorded all important information that would need to be passed down the next hundreds of generations.
Scribes would do all sorts of things like keeping record of weddings, deaths ect. But what i think they would do on a regular day they would probably take record of taxes.
The scribes in ancient Egypt did all the writing.
Scribes worked in the Temple.
Scribes were skilled in writing.
Scribes were the record keepers for Pharohs and Dignitaries.
They documented happenings and political decisions. They kept records of workers and purcheses. They documented briths and deaths. They were the only people who could read and write.
scribes did all of the reading and writing in ancient egypt
The civil servant from Ancient Egypt is called scribes or sekhau.