Bezalel of Judah stands for Christ, Eliab of Dan for the apostles
Cyril: …of Judah, and I have filled him with the divine Spirit of wisdom, understanding and knowledge, to plan every kind of work in gold, silver and bronze, in blue and purple, in spun scarlet and twisted fine linen, and in stonework, and to work at carpentry in wood in every kind of work. And I myself have appointed both him and Eliab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and to all who have understanding hearts I have given understanding, and they shall make everything that I have commanded’ (Exodus 31:3–6). Notice, then, how Bezalel directs the craftwork, while Eliab carries it out.
Palladius: And what of that?
Cyril: You will learn. Judah and Dan were both sons of Jacob, but one was born of Leah, a free woman, and the other of Bilhah, a maidservant (Genesis 29:35; 30:5–6). Bezalel, then, is a clear type of Christ, who appeared to us from the tribe of Judah according to the flesh (Hebrews 7:14), and from the nature that is truly free, that is, plainly, the divine and supreme nature. And Eliab would very well represent the apostles and evangelists who worked together with Christ, born as it were of Jerusalem the slave woman (Galatians 4:25). For they became God’s fellow workers (1 Corinthians 3:9), working with him as he, so to speak, labored and crafted all that served to establish the holy churches. And all who had understanding hearts contributed to the works of the tent whatever their own zeal and goodwill supplied, and so served as images of the teachers of every age, for whom it is a matter of zeal and care to do the work of God and whatever may serve the good of the Church of Christ.
Greek
λῆς Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐνέπλησα αὐτὸν Πνεῦμα θεῖον σοφίας καὶ συνέσεως καὶ ἐπιστήμης. Καὶ ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ διανοεῖσθαι τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν, καὶ τὴν ὑάκινθον, καὶ τὴν πορφύραν, καὶ τὸ κόκκινον τὸ νηστὸν, καὶ τὴν βύσσον τὴν κεκλωσμένην, καὶ τὰ λιθουργικὰ, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἔργα τὰ τεκτονικὰ τῶν ξύλων ἐργάζεσθαι κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα. Καὶ ἐγὼ δέδωκα αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸν Ἐλιὰβ τοῦ Ἀχισαμὰ, ἐκ φυλῆς Δὰν, καὶ παντὶ συνετῷ καρδίᾳ δέδωκα σύνεσιν, καὶ ποιήσουσιν πάντα ὅσα συνέταξα.» Ἄθρει δὴ οὖν ὅπως καθηγεῖται μὲν τῶν τεχνουργημάτων ὁ Βεσελεὴλ, Ἐλιὰβ δὲ ἐργάζεται.
{ΠΑΛΛ.} Τί οὖν τοῦτό γε;
{ΚΥΡ.} Πεύσῃ δὴ οὖν· Ἰούδας τε καὶ Δὰν, ἄμφω μὲν ἐξ Ἰακὼβ, ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν ἐξ ἐλευθέρας τῆς Λείας, ὁ δὲ ἐκ θεραπαίνης τῆς Βάλης. Τύπος οὖν ἄρα καὶ ἐναργὴς ὁ Βεσελεὴλ τοῦ πεφηνότος ἡμῖν ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα τὸ κατὰ σάρκα Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἐκ φύσεως ἀληθῶς τῆς ἐλευθέρας, δῆλον δὲ ὅτι τῆς θείας καὶ ὑπερτάτης. Ἐμφήνειε δ' ἂν εὖ μάλα καὶ Ἐλιὰβ τοὺς, ὡς ἐκ δούλης τῆς Ἰερουσαλὴμ, Χριστῷ συνεργασαμένους ἀποστόλους καὶ εὐαγγελιστάς· Θεοῦ γὰρ γεγόνασι συνεργοὶ τὰ εἰς σύστασιν τῶν ἁγίων Ἐκκλησιῶν μονονουχὶ πονοῦντι καὶ τεχνωμένῳ Συνεκόμιζον δὲ τὰ ἐξ οἰκείας σπουδῆς καὶ ἐπιεικείας εἰς τὰ τῆς σκηνῆς ἔργα πάντες οἱ συνετοὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ, τῶν κατὰ καιροὺς διδασκάλων ἀποπληροῦντες εἰκόνας, οἷς ἐν σπουδῇ καὶ φροντίδι τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ὅσαπερ ἂν τελοίη πρὸς ὄνησιν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας Χριστοῦ.